شاك

शाक śāka, vulg. śāk, s.m. Any edible leaf, or fruit, or root, or herb; a vegetable, pot-herb, greens (=sāg, q.v.);—the teak tree, Tectona grandis;—power, strength, energy, force;—name of the sixth of the seven dvīpasor divisions of the world (surrounded by the white or milky sea);—an era, a period (usually dating from the reign of some celebrated prince; and most generally applied to the era of Śālivāhan):—śākeśvar (˚ka+īś˚), s.m. An epithet of any prince (as Yudhishṭhir, Vikramāditya, or Śālivāhan) who has established an era, or after whom an era is named.