m. (kṛt-;1. kṝ-), the ear (/api k/arṇe-,behind the ear or back, from behind [ seeapikarṇ/a-]; karṇe-,[in dramatic language ] into the ear, in a low voice, aside ; karṇaṃ-dā-,to give ear to, listen to ; karṇam ā-gam-,to come to one's ear, become known to )
m.Name of a king of aṅga- (and elder brother by the mother's side of the pāṇḍu- princes, being the son of the god sūrya- by pṛthā- or kuntī-, before her marriage with pāṇḍu-;afraid of the censure of her relatives, kuntī- deserted the child and exposed it in the river, where it was found by a charioteer named adhi-- ratha- and nurtured by his wife rādhā-;hence karṇa- is sometimes called sūta-putra- or sūta-ja-, sometimes rādheya-, though named by his foster-parents vasu-ṣeṇa-) etc.
m. "the conqueror of karṇa-", Name ofarjuna- (karṇa- having taken the part of the kuru-s, was killed by arjuna- in one of the great battles between them and the pāṇḍu-s see)
m. the compass or range of hearing, (m ā-yā-,to come within the range of or reach the ear, be heard ; m upa-i-idem or 'm. ornamenting the ears (one of the 64 kalā-s) ')
m.idem or 'm. a particular disease of the ear (suppression of its excretion or wax, which is supposed to have dissolved and passed out by the nose and mouth) '
(k/arṇa-) mfn. having the ear as a source or starting-point, going forth from the ear (said of arrows, because in shooting the bow-string is drawn back to the ear)
m. (fr. jat-? gaRagargādi-varia lectio) Name of an ancient teacher (one of the 28 transmitters of the purāṇa-s [ ṇya-] [ ṇya-] ;author of a law-book ;[ ṇya- ];Name of a physician)
कर्ण a. Ved. 1 Having long ears. -2 Furnished with chaff (as grain). -र्णः 1 The ear; अहो खलभुजङ्गस्य विपरीतवधक्रमः । कर्णे लगति चान्यस्य प्राणैरन्यो वियुज्यते ॥ Pt.1. 35, 34 also; -कर्णे दा to listen; कर्णमागम् to come to the ear, become known; तद्गुणैः कर्णमागत्य R.1.9; कर्णे कृ to put round the ear; Ch. P.1; कर्णे कथयति whispers in the ear; cf. षट्कर्ण, चतुष्कर्ण &c. also. -2 The handle or ear of a vessel; उभा कर्णा हिरण्यया Rv.8.72.12. -3 The helm or rudder of a ship; सेना भ्रमति संख्येषु हत- कर्णेव नौर्जले Rām.6.48.26. -4 The hypotenuse of a triangle. -5 The diameter of a circle; Sūrya. -6 An intermediate region or quarter (उपदिग्भाग); Mb.6. 6.1. -7 (In prosody) A spondee. -8 N. of a tree (Mar. बाहवा, रुइमांदार) Rām.5.56.34. -2 N. of a celebrated warrior on the side of the Kauravas mentioned in the Mahābhārata. भवान् भीष्मश्च कर्णश्च Bg.1.8;11.34. [He was the son of Kuntī begotten on her by the god Sun while she was yet a virgin residing at her father's house (see Kuntī). When the child was born, Kuntī, afraid of the censure of her relatives and also of public scandal, threw the boy into the river where he was found by Adhiratha, charioteer of Dhṛitrāṣṭra, and given over to his wife Rādhā, who brought him up like her own child; whence Karṇa is often called Sūtaputra, Rādheya &c. Karṇa, when grown up, was made king of Aṇga by Duryodhana, and became by virtue of his many generous acts a type of charity. On one occasion Indra (whose care it was to favour his son Arjuna) disguised himself as a Brāhmaṇa and cajoled him out of his divine armour and ear-rings, and gave him in return a charmed javelin. With a desire to make himself proficient in the science of war, he, calling himself a Brāhmaṇa went to Parasurāma and learnt that art from him. But his secret did not long remain concealed. On one occasion when Parasurāma had fallen asleep with his head resting on Karṇa's lap, a worm (supposed by some to be the form assumed by Indra himself to defeat Karṇa's object) began to eat into his lap and made a deep rent in it; but as Karṇa showed not the least sign of pain, his real character was discovered by his preceptor who cursed him that the art he had learnt would avail him not in times of need. On another occasion he was curse by a Brāhmaṇa (whose cow he had unwittingly slain in chase) that the earth would eat up the wheel of his chariot in the hour of trial. Even with such disadvantages as these, he acquitted himself most valiantly in the great war between the Paṇḍavas and Kauravas, while acting as generalissimo of the Kaurava forces after Bhīṣma and Droṇa had fallen. He maintained
the field against the Paṇḍavas for three days, but on the last day he was slain by Arjuna while the wheel of his chariot had sunk down into the earth. Karṇa was the most intimate friend of Duryodhana, and with Śakuni joined him in all the various schemes and plots that were devised from time to time for the destruction of the Paṇ&dvas.] -Comp. -अञ्चलः (लम्) Ear-lobe; (Mātaṅga L.5.12.) -अञ्जलिः 1 The auditory passage of the outer ear. -2 The ears pricked up; आपीय कर्णाञ्जलिभिर्भवापहाम् Bhāg.3.13.5. -अनुजः Yudhiṣṭhira. -अन्तिक a. close to the ear; स्वनसि मृदु कर्णान्तिकचरः Ś.1.23. -अन्दुः, -न्दू f. an ornament for the ear, ear-ring. -अर्पणम् giving ear, listening. -आरा (= -वेधनी). -आस्फालः the flapping of the elephant's ears. -इन्दुः f. a semicircular ear-ring. -उत्तंसः an ear-ornament or merely an ornament (according to some authorities). (Mammaṭa says that here कर्ण means कर्णंस्थितत्व; cf. also his remark ad hoc:- कर्णावतंसादिपदे कर्णादिध्वनिनिर्मितः । सन्निधानार्थबोधार्थं स्थितेष्वेत- त्समर्थनम् ॥ K. P.7). -उपकर्णिका rumour; (lit. 'from ear to ear'). प्रागेव कर्णोपकर्णिकया श्रुतापवादक्षुभितहृदयः Pt. -ऊर्णः a kind of deer; कर्णोर्णैकपदं चास्मै निर्जुष्टं वृकनाभिभिः Bhāg. -कषायः Dirt in the ears; आपीयतां कर्णकषायशोषाननुक्रमिष्ये न इमान्सुपेशान् Bhāg.2.6.46. -कीटा, -टी 1 a worm with many feet and of a reddish colour, -2 a small centipede. -कुमारी N. of Bhavānī. -कूटः The tower at the corner of the roof; Māna.19.54-55. -क्ष्वेडः (in Medic.) a constant noise in the ear. -गूथम् earwax. (-थः) -गूथकः hardening of the wax of the ear. -गोचर a. audible. -ग्राहः a helmsman. -चूलिका f. An ear-ring; उत्कृत्तकर्णचूलिकेन मुखेन ...... Svapna.2. -जप a. (also कर्णेजप) a secret traducer, talebearer, informer. कर्णेजपः सूचकः Mbh. on P.III.2.13. -जपः, -जापः slandering, tale-bearing, calumniating. -जलूका a small centipede. (also -जलौकस्, -जलौका) -जाहम् the root of the ear; cf. तस्य पाकमूले पील्वादिकर्णादिभ्यः कुणब्जाह चौ Pān. V.2.24. अपि कर्णजाहविनिवेशिताननः Māl.5.8. -जित् m. 'conqueror of Karṇa', epithet of Arjuna, the third Pāṇḍava prince. -ज्वरः pain to the ear; U.5.6. -तालः the flapping of the elephant's ears, the noise made by it; विस्तारितः कुञ्जरकर्ण- तालैः R.7.39,9.71; Śi.17.37. -दर्पणः an ear-ring. -दुन्दुभिः = कर्णकीटा. -धारः a helmsman, a pilot; अकर्णधारा जलधौ विप्लवेतेह नौरिव H.3.2; अविनयनदीकर्णधार- कर्ण Ve.4. -धारिणी a female elephant. -पत्रकः The lobe of the ear; Y.3.96. -पथः the range of hearing. -परम्परा from ear to ear, hearsay; इति कर्णपरंपरया श्रुतम् Ratn.1. -पर्वन् n. the eighth (i. e. Karṇa) section of the Mahābhārata. -पाकः inflammation of the outer ear. -पालिः, -ली f. 1 the lobe of the ear. -2 the outer edge of the ear. (-ली) an ornament of the ear. -पाशः a beautiful ear; U.6.27. -पिशाची f. a type of goddess. -पुटम् the auditory passage of the ear. -पूरः 1 an ornament (of flowers &c.) worn round the ear, an ear-ring; इदं च करतलं किमिति कर्णपूरतामारोपितम् K.6. प्रचुरसमरशोभासुभ्रुवः कर्णपूरः Śiva. B.3.46. -2 the Aśoka tree. -3 the Śirīṣa tree. -4 the blue lotus. -पूरकः 1 an ear-ring. -2 the Kadamba tree. -3 the Aṣoka tree. -4 the blue lotus. -प्रणादः, -प्रतिनाहः a disease of the ear. -प्रान्तः the lobe of the ear. -फलः a kind of fish. -भूषणम्, -भूषा an ear-ornament. -मुकुरः an ear-ornament. -मूलम् the root of the ear; तं कर्णमूलमागत्य रामे श्रीर्न्यस्यतामिति R.12.2. -मोटी a form of Durgā. -योनि a. having the ear as a source. तस्य साध्वीरिषवो याभिरस्यति नृचक्षसो दृशये कर्णयोनयः Rv.2.24.8. -लता, -लतिका the lobe of the ear; मन्ये$मुना कर्णलतामयेन N.7.64. -वंशः a raised platform or dais of bamboo. -वर्जित a. earless. (-तः) a snake. -विवरम्, -छिद्रम्, -पुरम्, -रन्ध्रम् the auditory passage of the ear. -विष् f. ear-wax; Ms.5.135. -विषम् 'poisoning the ear', slandering, backbiting. -वेधः piercing the ears to put ear-rings on; a religious ceremony (संस्कार). -वेधनी, -वेधनिका an instrument for piercing the ear. -वेष्टः, -वेष्टनम् an ear-ring; सुकृतौ कर्णवेष्टौ च Rām.5.15.42. -शष्कुली the outer part of the ear (leading to the auditory passage); AV.9.8.1. अवलम्बितकर्णशष्कुलीकलसीकं रचयन्नवोचत N.2.8. -शूलः, -लम् ear-ache. -श्रव a. audible, loud; कर्णश्रवे$- निले Ms.4.12. -श्रावः, -संश्रवः 'running of the ear', discharge of pus or ichorous matter from the ear. -सूः f. Kuntī, mother of Karṇa. -स्रोतस् n. excretion of the ear (कर्णमल) कर्णस्रोतोभवं चापि मधुं नाम महासुरम् Mb.6. 67.14. -हर्म्यम् a tower, a side-tower. -हीन a. earless. (-नः) a snake.
कर्णकः Ved. 1 A prominence; handle. -2 The leaves and branches &c. of trees. -3 A tendril. -4 White hair; तं त्वां पुनः पलितकर्णकभाजमेनम् Bh.3.126. -5 A kind of fever.
अकर्ण a. [न स्तः कर्णौ यस्य] 1 Devoid of ears; deaf. -2 Destitute of Karṇa: अनर्जुनमकर्णं वा जगदद्येति निश्चितः Mb. -र्णः A serpent (तस्य चक्षुषैव श्रवणात्, hence also called चक्षुःश्रवाः).
m. (--°ree; a., f. â, î) ear; handle; rudder; N. of several men, esp. of a son of Kuntî; a. having ears or handles; long-eared (also á); -kuvalaya, n. lotus attached to the ear; -kâmara, n. whiskadorning the ears of elephants; -gâpa, m. tale-bearing; -tâ, f. condition of an ear; -tâla, m. flapping of elephants' ears (--°ree;); -dhâra, m. helmsman; sailor: -tâ, f. helmsmanship; -nîlotpala, n. blue lotus attached to the ear; -pa, m. N.; -pattraka, m. flap of the ear (tragus); -patha, m. ear-shot, hearing: -m, â-yâ, or upa½i, come to the ears: -½atithi, m.=come to the ears; -paramparâ, f. passing from ear to ear, gossip; -pâsa, m.beautiful ear; -pûra, m. n. ear or nament, esp. flowers: -pûraka, m. N. of a chattering servant; -pûrî-kri, turn into an ear ornament; -bha&ndot;ga, m. curve of the ears; -bhûshana, n. ear ornament; -mûla, n. root of the ear (where it is attached to the head); -vamsa, m. flat projecting bamboo roof; -vat, a. having ears; -vish, f. ear-wax; -visha, n. poison for the ears; -veshta, m. ear-ring: *-na, n. id.; -sirîsha, n. Sirîsha flower at tached to the ear; -srava, a. audible; -su bhaga, a. pleasant to the ear.
m. cow's ear; kind of ante lope; N. of a place of pilgrimage sacred to Siva; Siva worshipped in Gokarna; N. of a king; -karman, n. tending of cows; (gó) kâma, a. desirous of cows; -kula, n.herd of cattle; cattle-pen; N. of a temple; -kshîrá, n. cow's milk; -ghná, a. destroying cattle; m. cow-killer; -kandana, n. kind of sandal wood: â, f. kind of leech.
a. giving ear or listening to (--°ree;); -drishti, a. directing one's gaze to, looking at (abs. or with lc.); -pûrva½uk ta-sâpa-bhî, a. threatening with the curse already mentioned; -sulkâ, a. f. for whom the nuptial fee has been paid.
m. Long-ear, N. of a cat; -kâlam, ac. ad. for a long time; -ga&ndot; gha, m. Long-shanks, N. of a Yaksha; -gîvin, a. long-lived; -tapas, m. N. of a Rishi; (á) tamas, m. N. of a sage; -tâ,f. length; -tva, n. id.; -tîkshna-mukha, a. (î) having a long and pointed mouth; -darsi-tâ, f. far-sightedness, providence; -darsin, a. far-seeing; -nidrâ, f. long sleep; sleep of death; -bâhu, a. long-armed; -mukha, a. (î) long-mouthed, long-beaked; -râva, m. Long-yell, N. of a jackal; -rosha, a. whose wrath lasts long, bearing a lingering grudge: -tâ, f. abst. n.; -roshana, a. id.; -lokana, a. long-eyed; -sri&ndot;ga, a. long-horned; -srút, a.audible afar; far-famed; -sattrá, n. Soma sacrifice of long duration; a. engaged in a --; -sattrín, a. id.; -samdhya, a. praying long at the Samdhyâs: -tva, n. long continuance of prayer at the Samdhyâs; -sûtra, a. (long-threaded), dila tory, procrastinating: -tâ, f. dilatoriness, pro crastination; -sûtrin, a. id.
a. (î) eager-eared, lis tening to every one; -kakshus, a. gazing wantonly upon (lc.); -tâ, f. eagerness for (lc.); wantonness; -tva, n. restlessness, unsteadi ness; wantonness; -lola, a. ever restless; -½ak shikâ, -½akshî, f. woman with restless eyes; -½apâ&ndot;ga, a. having tremulous corners (eyes).
m. (elephant's ear) N. of various plants; N. of a locality; -kâr in, m. (rider on an elephant), elephant driver; -gâgarika, m. keeper of an elephant; -danta, m. elephant's tusk.
Denotes an ‘ ornament for the ear ’ in the Rigveda, apparently for the use of men. Some deity is called ‘gold-eared’ in another passage of the Rigveda. Hopkins considers the use of ear-rings later than that of necklets and wristlets.
As an epithet of cattle in the Yajurveda Samhitās probably denotes ‘having a spleen-shaped mark branded on the ear,’ not as Mahīdhara in his commentary on the Vājasaneyi Samhitā takes it, ‘having a disease called Piīhan in the ear.’
Occurs but once in the Rigveda in the description of the Dāśarājña, where Sudās is stated to have overthrown the twenty-one tribes (jattān) of the kings or folk of the two Vaikarṇas. Zimmer conjectures that they were a joint people, the Kuru-Krivis: this is quite possible, and even probable. Vikarṇa as the name of a people is found in the Mahābhārata, and a lexicographer places the Vikarṇas in Kaśmīr, a reminiscence probably of a real settlement of the Kurus in that country. Cf. Uttara Kuru.
noun (masculine) (in prosody) a spondee (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Calotropis Gigantea (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Cassia Fistula (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
diameter of a circle (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
ear (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
handle or ear of a vessel (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
helm or rudder of a ship (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a king of Aṅga (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) helmsman (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
pilot (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sailor (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
seaman (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a kind of fever (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular defect of wood (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a prominence or handle or projection on the side or sides (of a vessel etc.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a rime (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a tendril (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Ṛṣi
ring (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the ear Frequency rank 16659/72933
noun (feminine) a particular ornament for the ear (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a river (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the outer ear (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine neuter) Acacia Sirissa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a blue lotus-flower (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an ornament (esp. of flowers) worn round the ears (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Jonesia Asoka (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the father of Kavicandra and author of the Alaṃkāra Kaustubha (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
[medic.] karṇapūraṇa (?) Frequency rank 14086/72933
noun (masculine neuter) any substance used for filling the ears (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an author (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the act of filling the ears (with cotton etc.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective furnished with tendrils or hooks (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
having a helm (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
having ears (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
long-eared (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective deaf (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
having diminutive ears (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
without ears (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
without helm or rudder (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
without KarZa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) Dipterocarpus alatus Roxb. (Surapāla (1988), 429)
Dipterocarpus turbinatus Gaertn.f. (Surapāla (1988), 429)
name of a mountain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Shorea robusta Gaertn.f.
Terminalia alata Heyne ex Roth (Surapāla (1988), 429)
the tree Vatica Robusta Steud. (so called from the shape of its leaves) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Vateria indica Linn. (Surapāla (1988), 429) Frequency rank 6587/72933
indeclinable "up to the ear" or "from the ear" (generally said of an arrow reaching to or being discharged from the ear in drawing a bow) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
verb (denominative parasmaipada) to give ear to (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to hear (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to listen to (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a Daitva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a king; commentator of Gītagovinda
name of a locality (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Muni (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Rākṣasa (the brother of Rāvaṇa) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Śiva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) worms or lice generated in the external ear (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
[medic.] a kind of disease of the ear Frequency rank 21129/72933
noun (masculine neuter) aśvagandhā Physalis flexuosa Roxb.
a cow's ear (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of plant; aśvagandhā or palāśa
a mule (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a place of pilgrimage on the Malabar coast (sacred to Śiva) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a serpent (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
holy place in Karṇataka
name of a king of Kaśmīr (who erected a statue of Śiva called after him Gokarṇeśvara) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Muni (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of one of Śiva's attendants (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the deer Antilope picta (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the span from the tip of the thumb to that of the ring finger (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Śiva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Śiva as worshipped in Gokarṇa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a Piśāca attendant on Kubera (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Rākṣasa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an attendant of Skanda (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an attendant of Śiva (supposed to preside over cutaneous complaints) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) author of a law-book (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a physician (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an ancient teacher (one of the 28 transmitters of the Purāṇas) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Śiva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) Alangium Hexapetalum (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a hawk (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a he-goat (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a Rākṣasa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an elephant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
falcon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
goat (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a hare (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an ass (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of one of Śiva's attendants (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a kind of bandage for the ear
a particular deformity of the ear (rather: a kind of bandage for the ear) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a kind of arrow (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a people (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Dhṛtarāṣṭra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Karṇa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective (prob.) having large or divergent ears (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
deaf (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
earless (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
having no ears (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) an ass (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a camel (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Dānava (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Rākṣasa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a serpent-demon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Janamejaya (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of one of Skanda's attendants (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) an elephant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a mountain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a people (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Tantric teacher
name of Gaṇeśa Frequency rank 68268/72933
noun (masculine) a kind of military array (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a particular demon of illness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Yakṣa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) Arum Macrorrhizum (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular class of semi-divine beings (forming one of the Gaṇadevatās) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Butea frondosa Roxb. (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Butea superba Roxb.
Leea macrophylla Roxb. (Surapāla (1988), 457)
name of a locality (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Rākṣasa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a serpent-demon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of one of Śiva's attendants (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of various plants (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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