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karavīra

kara—vīra m. Oleander (Nerium Odorum), [MBh.]; [Suśr.]; [Mṛcch.]; [VarBṛS.]

a species of Soma, [Suśr. ii, 164, 15]

a sword, [L.]

a particular spell (for recovering a missile of mystic properties after its discharge), [R.]

the thumb

a cemetery, [L.]

N. of a Nāga, [MBh. i, 1557]

of a Daitya, [L.]

of a town on the river Veṇvā (founded by Padma-varṇa), [Hariv. 5230] (cf. kara-vīra-pura below)

of a town on the river Dṛṣadvatī (the residence of Candraśekhara), [KapS.]

of a mountain, [BhP.]

kara—vīra n. the flower of Oleander, [L.]

kara-vīra See p. 253, col. 3.