m. a cutter, abrader, [W.]
(in math.) the divisor employed to reduce a quantity, [W.]
n. cutting, paring, peeling, abrading, [KātyŚr. xxii, 6]; [Gaut. i, 29]; [Mn. v, 115] &c.
(N. of a Kalā), [Vātsyāy. i, 3, 17]
dividing in order to reduce a quantity, [Līl.]