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शुल्क f. mn. (ifc. f(आ). ) price, value, purchase-money, [RV.]
the prize of a contest, [MBh.]
toil, tax, duty, customs (esp. money levied at ferries, passes, and roads), [Gaut.]; [Āpast.]; [Mn.] &c.
nuptial gift (orig. a price given to parents for the purchase of a bride, but in later times bestowed on the wife as her own property together with the profits of household labour, domestic utensils, ornaments &c.), dower, dowry, marriage settlement, [Gaut.]; [Viṣṇ.]; [Mn.] &c. (cf. [IW. 267])
wages of prostitution, [Kathās.]; [MārkP.]
शुक्र w.r. for and शुक्ल, [MBh.]
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