mf(ikA)n. awakening, arousing, [R.]
causing to know, explaining, teaching, instructing, a teacher, instructor, [Kāv.]; [Vedāntas.]; [Sarvad.]
(ifc.) denoting, indicating, signifying (-tva n.), [Pāṇ.], Sch.; [Vedāntas.]
m. a spy, informer, [W.]
N. of a man (pl. his descendants), [Pravar.]
of a poet, [Cat.]