As a Hindi name
इक्ष्वाकु · noun · masculine
सुर्यवंश का एक प्रधान राजा । यह पुराणों में वैवस्वत मनु का पुत्र कहा गया है । रामचंद्र इसी के वंश के थे · इक्ष्वाकु के वंश का व्यक्ति (को॰) — Śabdasāgara
इक्ष्वाकु · noun · feminine
कड़वी लौकी । तितलौकी — Śabdasāgara
इक्ष्वाकु · masculine
Ikshvaku, the first king of Ayodhya, one of the sons of Vaivasvata Manu, and ancestor of Shri Rāma; a male given name, Ikshvaku, from Sanskrit
इक्ष्वाकु · masculine
bitter gourd, bottle gourd
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi इक्ष्वाकु — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit इक्ष्वाकु (ikṣvāku).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
ikṣvāku m. [RV.] and ikṣvāku [AV.]. N. of a man, RV. x, 60, 7; AV. xix, 39, 9
of a son of Manu Vaivasvata (father of Kukṣi and first king of the solar dynasty in Ayodhyā), MBh.; R.; Bhag.; Hariv.; VP.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a bitter gourd
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Dictionary citations
ikṣvāku m. [RV.] and ikṣvāku [AV.]. N. of a man, RV. x, 60, 7; AV. xix, 39, 9
of a son of Manu Vaivasvata (father of Kukṣi and first king of the solar dynasty in Ayodhyā), MBh.; R.; Bhag.; Hariv.; VP.
a descendant of Ikṣvāku, R.; Ragh.
(some Buddhists as well as the Jainas derive their Cakravartins and many of their Arhats from Ikṣvāku)
(avas), N. of a warrior-tribe descended from Ikṣvāku, VarBṛS.
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