mf(vI and us)n. ([Uṇ. i, 9]; cf. √ 2. kṛt) pungent, acrid, sharp (one of the six kinds of flavour, rasa, q.v.), [MBh.]; [Suśr.]; [Bhag.] &c.
pungent, stimulating (as smell), strong-scented, ill-smelling, [MBh. xiv]; [Ragh. v, 48]; [R.] &c.
bitter, caustic (as words) displeasing, disagreeable (as sounds)
fierce, impetuous, hot, envious, [Ragh. vi, 85]; [Pañcat.] &c.
m. (us) pungency, acerbity (as of a flavour), [L.];
[cf. Lith. kartus, ‘bitter’]
Trichosanthes Dioeca, [Suśr.]
Michelia Campaka, [L.]
N. of several other plants, [L.]
a kind of camphor, [L.]
f(us and vI). N. of several plants
n. (u) an improper action, an act which ought not to have been done
blaming, reviling, scandal, [W.]