mfn. indicating, expressing indirectly, [Vedāntas.]
m. Ardea Sibirica, [L.]
N. of a man, [Rājat.] (often confounded with, lakṣmaṇa)
n. (ifc. f(A). ) a mark, sign, symbol, token, characteristic, attribute, quality (ifc. = ‘marked or characterized by’, ‘possessed of’), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
n. a stroke, line (esp. those drawn on the sacrificial ground), [ŚBr.]; [GṛŚrS.]
a lucky mark, favourable sign, [GṛŚrS.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
a symptom or indication of disease, [Cat.]
a sexual organ, [MBh. xiii, 2303]
a spoon (?), [Divyāv.]
accurate description, definition, illustration, [Mn.]; [Sarvad.]; [Suśr.]
settled rate, fixed tariff, [Mn. viii, 406]
a designation, appellation, name (ifc. = ‘named’, ‘called’), [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.]
a form, species, kind, sort (ifc. = ‘taking the form of’, ‘appearing as’), [Mn.]; [Śaṃk.]; [BhP.]
the act of aiming at, aim, goal, scope, object (ifc. = ‘concerning’, ‘relating to’, ‘coming within the scope of’), [APrāt.]; [Yājñ.]; [MBh.]; [BhP.]
reference, quotation, [Pāṇ. i, 4, 84]
effect, operation, influence, [ib.] [i, 1, 62] &c.
cause, occasion, opportunity, [R.]; [Daś.]
observation, sight, seeing, [W.]