(ifc. (ikA) f.) = phala, fruit, result, gain (-tva n.), [Kull.] on [Mn. ii, 146]
menstruation (cf. nava-phalikā)
phálaka (phálaka) n. (m. g. ardharcādi; ifc. f(A). ) a board, lath, plank, leaf, bench, [Br.]; [GṛŚrS.], &c.
n. a slab or tablet (for writing or painting on; also = page, leaf), [Kāv.]; [Yājñ., Sch.]; [Lalit.]
a picture (= citra-ph°), [Mṛcch. iv, 3/4]
a gaming-board (cf. śāri-ph°)
a wooden bench, [MBh.]
a slab at the base (of a pedestal; cf. sphaṭika-ph°)
any flat surface (often in comp. with parts of the body, applied to broad flat bones, cf. aṃsa-, phaṇā-, lalāṭa-ph° &c.)
the palm of the hand, [ŚBr.]
the buttocks, [L.]
the top or head of an arrow, [Kull.] on [Mn. vii, 90]
a shield, [MBh.]
bark (as a material for clothes), [MBh.]; [Hariv.]
the pericarp of a lotus, [Śiś.]
= -yantra, [Gol.]
a layer, [W.]
the stand on which a monk keeps his turban, [Buddh.]
m. Mesua Roxburghii, [L.]