ṣulka | षुल्क | Sulka
ṣulka/ | षुल्क/ | m. n. (ifc. f A) price, value, purchase-money, RV.
the prize of a contest, MBh.
toll, tax, duty, customs (esp. money levied at ferries, passes, and roads), Gaut.; Āpast.; Mn. &c.
nuptial gift (orig. a price given to parents for the purchase of a bride, but in later times bestowed on the wife as her own property together with the profits of household labour, domestic utensils, ornaments &c.), dower, dowry, marriage settlement, Gaut.; Viṣṇ.; Mn. &c. (cf. IW. 267)
wages of prostitution, Kathās.; MārkP.
w.r. for ṣukra | षुक्र | and ṣukla | षुक्ल |, MBh.
the prize of a contest, MBh.
toll, tax, duty, customs (esp. money levied at ferries, passes, and roads), Gaut.; Āpast.; Mn. &c.
nuptial gift (orig. a price given to parents for the purchase of a bride, but in later times bestowed on the wife as her own property together with the profits of household labour, domestic utensils, ornaments &c.), dower, dowry, marriage settlement, Gaut.; Viṣṇ.; Mn. &c. (cf. IW. 267)
wages of prostitution, Kathās.; MārkP.
w.r. for ṣukra | षुक्र | and ṣukla | षुक्ल |, MBh.