m. (plural) erection or bristling of the hairs of the body (considered to be occasioned by delight or rapture rather than by fear) (also n.but mostly occurring in the beginning of a compound and in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' with f(ā-).)
पुलकः 1 Erection or bristling of the hairs of the body, a thrill (of joy or fear), horripilation; चारु चुचुम्ब नितम्बवती दयितं पुलकैरनुकूले Gīt.1; मृगमदतिलकं लिखति सपुलकं मृगमिव रजनीकरे 7; Amaru.59,82. -2 A kind of stone or gem; Kau. A.2.11.29. -3 A flaw or defect in a gem. -4 A kind of mineral. -5 A ball of food with which elephants are fed (गजान्नपिण्ड). -6 Yellow orpiment, a dot of the same; रक्तोज्ज्वलांशुकवृते द्विरदस्य कुम्भे जाम्बूनदेन रचितः पुलको यथैव Abhiṣeka.4.23. -7 A wine-glass. -8 A species of mustard. -9 See पुलाकः (1); अश्राद्धेयानि धान्यानि कोद्रवाः पुलकास्तथा Mb.13.91.38 (com. पुलकाः असंपूर्णतण्डुलयुक्तधान्यानि). -1 A bunch. -Comp. -अङ्गः the noose of Varuṇa. -आलयः an epithet of Kubera. -उद्गमः erection of the hairs of the body, horripilation.
den. P. feel an erection of the hairs of the body (caused by pleasure): pp. ita, having the hairs of the body erect (symptomatic of exquisite delight), feeling a thrill of joy.
m. bristling of the hair, thrill; -baddha, pp. woven out of hair; -bandha, m. web of hair; -râg&ibrevcirc;, f. line or streak of hair (esp. above the navel in women, as a mark of puberty): (i)-patha, m. waist; -vat, a. hairy; -vikriyâ, f. horripilation, thrill.
noun (masculine neuter) asurājī (?) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a bunch (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a cake of meal with which elephants are fed (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a Gandharva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of insect or vermin (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of stone or gem (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a species of edible plant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a species of tree (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
erection or bristling of the hairs of the body (considered to be occasioned by delight or rapture rather than by fear) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
flaw or defect in a gem (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Nāga (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a prince (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
orpiment (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
kaṅkuṣṭha Frequency rank 14290/72933
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