m. the moon, [Mālav. v, 7] (ifc. f(ikA). )
a circle or ring shaped like the moon, [Śiś. v, 40]
a spot similar to the moon, [R. v, 42, 3] and [5]; [Suśr.] (ifc. f(ikA). ), [Rājat. iii, 382] (?)
the eye in a peacock's tail, [Gīt. ii, 3]; [Rājat. i, 260]
a finger-nail, [L.]
N. of a fish (v.l. °daka, [L.]), [Suśr. i, 46, 2, 62]
N. of a poet, [Kṣem.]; [Rājat. ii, 16]
of an owl, [MBh. xii, 4944]
n. black pepper, [L.]