śāka n. (or m. g. ardharcâdi

• of doubtful derivation, and scarcely to be connected with 1. śāka) a potherb, vegetable, greens GṛŚrS. Mn. MBh. &c

• any vegetable food Gaut.

• m. the Teak tree, Tectona Grandis GṛŚrS. MBh. &c

• Acacia Sirissa L.

• N. of a Dviipa (the sixth of the seven Dviipas, called after the Teak tree growing there, surrounded by the sea of milk or white sea, and inhabited by the Ṛita-vratas, Satya-vratas, Dāna-vratas, and Anu-vratas) MBh. Pur.

• (ā), f. Terminalia Chebula L.

• m. or n. (?) N. of a place Col.