(ā), f. ([Pāṇ. iv, 3, 119]) a kind of bee, [Bhpr.]
a fly, gnat, [L.]
a base or despicable woman, [Pāṇ. iv, 1, 131]
a maimed or crippled woman, [ib.]; [Pat.]
a whore, harlot, [L.]
a dancing girl, [L.]
a quarrelsome woman, [L.]
N. of several plants (Solanum Jacquini, also another variety of Solanum, Oxalis pusilla, Coix barbata, Nardostachys Jaṭā-māṃsī), [L.]