शुर् शुल्क्

शुल्क

शुल्क [शुल्क्यते अतिसृज्यते कर्म- णि घञ्]
1 A toll, tax, customs, duty; praticularly levied at ferries, passes, roads &c.; कः सुधीः संत्यजे- द्रांडं शुल्कस्यैवातिसाध्वसात् H. 3. 125; Ms. 8. 159; Y. 2. 47.
2 Gain, profit.
3 Money advanced to ratify a bargain.
4 Purchase-price (of a girl); money given to the parents of a bride; पीडिवो दुंहितृशुल्कसंस्थया R. 11. 38; न कन्याया पिता विद्वान् गृ- ह्णीयाच्छुल्कमण्वपि Ms. 3. 51, 8. 204, 9. 93, 98.
5 A nuptial present.
6 Marriage settlement or dowry.
7 Present given by the bride-groom to his bride.
−Comp.
−खंडनं defrauding (government) of its due revenue. −ग्राहक, -ग्राहिन् m. a toll-collector.
−दः 1. the giver of a nuptial present. −2. an affianced suitor. −शाला −स्थानं a toll-station, custo mhouse.

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