mf(ikA)n. causing to know, teaching, designing, informing, suggesting, [Hariv. 6518]; [Kāty.] & [Kāś.]; [BhP. ix, 6, 10]; [Sāh.] &c.
m. a master of requests (particular officer at a Hindū court), [Pañcat. iii, 67/68]
n. an expression or rule giving particular information (as a rule of [Pāṇ.] Implying some other grammatical law than that resulting from the mere words of the rule itself), precept, [MBh. i, 5846]; [Pat.], [Kāś.] & [Siddh.]