m. (also n., [L.]; probably Prākṛt for. daurhṛda lit. sickness of heart, nausea) the longing of a pregnant woman for partic. objects (fig. said of plants which at budding time long to be touched by the foot or by the mouth [[Ragh. xix, 12]] of a lovely woman)
any morbid desire or wish for (loc. or comp. f(A). ), [Yājñ.]; [R.]; [Kālid.]; [Pañc.]; [Kathās.] &c.
pregnancy
a kind of fragrant substance used as manure, [Naiṣ. i, 82], Sch.
or dohala (accord. to [Luders] fr. duhalī = dvihṛd, ‘pregnant’).