vṛ́ścika m. a scorpion, &c. &c.
the zodiacal sign Scorpio, [VarBṛS.]; [Pur.]
the month when the sun is in Scorpio, [W.]
a kind of caterpillar covered with bristles, [L.]
a sort of beetle found in cow-dung, [W.]
a centipede, [ib.]
N. of various plants (Boerhavia Procumbens = madana &c.), [L.]
&c. See p. 1011, col. 3.