search `vakra' in `Apte Dic'

meanings of "vakra" [1]

a.{a-stem}

1.crooked (fig. also);

2.roundabout (as a speech);

3.curled (as hair);

4.retrograde (as motion);

5.dishonest;

6.cruel;

7.prosodially long

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meanings of "vakra" [2]

m.{a-stem}

1.the planet Mars;

2.the planet Saturn;

3.name of <&ziva>;

4.name of the demon <&tripura>;

5.a nose

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meanings of "vakra" [3]

n.{a-stem}

1.the bend or arm of a river;

2.retrograde motion (of a planet);

3.a form of fracture

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