Alternative spellings of this word include Sechaka.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Secaka (सेचक).—A nāga (serpent) born in the family of Dhṛtarāṣṭra. This serpent was burnt to death in the sacrificial fire of the serpent-sacrifice of Janamejaya. (Mahābhārata Ādi Parva, Chapter 52, Verse 14).

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

sēcaka (सेचक).—a S That sprinkles.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Secaka (सेचक).—a. (-cikā f.) [सिच्-ण्वुल् (sic-ṇvul)] Sprinkling.

-kaḥ A cloud.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Secaka (सेचक).—mfn.

(-kraḥ-kā-kaṃ) Sprinkling, a sprinkler. m.

(-kaḥ) A cloud. E. ṣic to sprinkle, aff. ṇvul .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Secaka (सेचक).—i. e. sic + aka, I. adj. Sprinkling. Ii. m. A cloud.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Secaka (सेचक):—[from seka] m. ‘sprinkler’, a cloud, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Secaka (सेचक):—[(kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) a.] Sprinkling. m. A cloud.

[Sanskrit to German]

Secaka in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Full-text: Mukhasecaka, Parishecaka, Visecaka, Sukhasecaka, Dravasecaka, Sektar.

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