m. (ifc. f(A). ) a guard, protector, keeper, [R.]; [Hariv.]
a herdsman, [Mn.]; [Gaut.]; [Yājñ.]; [MBh.]
protector of the earth, king, prince, [BhP.]
(also n.) a spitting spittoon (as ‘recipient’ ?), [L.]
N. of a serpent-demon of the race of Vāsuki, [MBh.]
of a prince, [Cat.]
(with bhaṭṭa) N. of an author, [ib.]
N. of a dynasty (that reigned over Gauḍa and the adjacent countries from about 800-1050 A.D.).