इष्टका _iṣṭakā

1

इष्टका N. of a deity (Nārāyaṇa Up.8).

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इष्टका [इष्-तकन् टाप् Uṇ.3.148]

1 A brick; Mk.3.

-2 A brick used in preparing the sacrificial altar &c. लोकादिमग्निं तमुवाच तस्मै या इष्टकी यावतार्वा यथा वा Kaṭh.1.15.

-Comp. -गृहम् a brick-house.

-चयनम् collecting fire by means of a brick.

-चित a. made of bricks; Dk.84; also इष्टकचित; cf. P.VI.3.35.

-न्यासः laying the founda- tion of a house.

-पथः a road made of bricks.

-मात्रा size of the bricks.

-राशिः a pile of bricks.