(ā), f. (g. bhidādi) a fixed star, asterism (cf. stṛ́), [Yājñ. iii, 172]; [MBh.] &c. (ifc. f(A). , [Mṛcch. iii, 10])
the pupil of the eye (chiefly ifc.), [VarBṛS. lviii, 11] &c.
a kind of meteor, [vli, 86] and [94]
(in Sāṃkhya phil.) one of the 8 Siddhis, [Tattvas.]
(in music) N. of a Rāga of six notes
a kind of perfume, [L.]
a form of Dākṣāyaṇī (worshipped on the mountain Kiṣkindha, [MatsyaP. xiii, 46]; protectress of the Gṛtsa-madas, [BrahmaP. ii, 18, 8]; cf. [RTL. p. 187])
N. of a Buddh. goddess, [Vāsav.], 433
of Bṛhaspati's wife (carried off by Soma), [MBh. v, 3972]; [Hariv. 1340 ff.]; [BhP.] &c.
of the wife of Buddha Amoghasiddha, [Buddh.]
of a Śakti, [Jain.]
of a Yoginī, [Hcat. ii, 1, 710]
of a female monkey (daughter of Suṣeṇa, wife of Bālin and mother of Aṅgada), [MBh. iii, 16110 ff.]; [R. i], [iv], [vi.]
f. of °ra, q.v.