As a Hindi name
चेलक · noun · masculine
वैदिक काल के एक मुनि का नाम — Śabdasāgara
चेलक · noun · masculine
बालक । कुमार । शिशु · चेला । शिष्य — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
for chel˚
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M3 · meaning shifts "celaka" is derived from "cela" with the ka/kan suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
cela n. (√ cil) clothes, garment, Gaut.; Mn.; MBh. &c. (ifc. f(ā). , Hariv. 7946; Naiṣ. xxii, 42)
ifc. ‘the mere outward appearance of’, a bad representative of (e.g. bhāryā-cela n. ‘a bad wife’, Pat. & Kāś.; also mf(ī)n., e.g. brāhmaṇicelī f. ‘a bad wife of a Brahman’, brāhmaṇa-cela m. ‘a bad Brahman’, Pāṇ. vi, 3, 43, Kāś.; Gaṇar. 114), Pāṇ. vi, 2, 126
celaka m. for chel˚, Npr.
N. of a man, ŚBr. x, 4, 5, 3 (cf. cailaki)
Dictionary citations
celaka m. for chel˚, Npr.
N. of a man, ŚBr. x, 4, 5, 3 (cf. cailaki)
celaka m. n. = cela ifc. a bad representative of Rājat. vii, 299
cela n. (√ cil) clothes, garment, Gaut.; Mn.; MBh. &c. (ifc. f(ā). , Hariv. 7946; Naiṣ. xxii, 42)
ifc. ‘the mere outward appearance of’, a bad representative of (e.g. bhāryā-cela n. ‘a bad wife’, Pat. & Kāś.; also mf(ī)n., e.g. brāhmaṇicelī f. ‘a bad wife of a Brahman’, brāhmaṇa-cela m. ‘a bad Brahman’, Pāṇ. vi, 3, 43, Kāś.; Gaṇar. 114), Pāṇ. vi, 2, 126
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