SAKA 1 A branch (as of a tree); Avajrya SAKAH R. 16. 19. 2 An arm. 3 A party, section, faction. 4 A part of subdivision of a work. 5 A school, branch, sect. 6 A part or division of an animal. 7 A school or traditional recension of the Veda, the traditional text followed by a school; as in SAkalaSAKA, ASvalAyanaSAKA, bAzkalaSAKA &c. Comp. — caMkramaRaM leaping from branch to branch’, irregular study. — caMdranyAyaH see under nyAya . — nagaraM, -puraM a suburb. — pittaH inflammation of the extremities of the body, e. g. hands, shoulders &c. — Bft m. a tree. — BedaH difference of (Vedic) school. — mfgaH 1 a monkey, an ape. 2 a squirrel. — raMqaH ‘a traitor to his Śākhā’, a Brāhmaṇa who has changed his own school of the Vedas. — raTyA a branch-road. — vilIna a. sitting on branches (as a bird). — SiPA a root growing from a branch (as of the fig-tree).