vṛ́ka m. (prob. ‘the tearer’ connected with √ vraśc, cf. vṛkṇa), a wolf, [RV.] &c. &c. ([L.] also ‘a dog; a jackal; a crow; an owl; a thief; a Kṣatriya’)
a plough, [RV. i, 117, 21]; [viii, 22, 6]
a thunderbolt, [Naigh. ii, 20]
the moon, [Nir. v, 20]
the sun, [ib.] [21]
a kind of plant (= baka), [L.]
the resin of Pinus Longifolia, [L.]
N. of an Asura, [BhP.]
of a son of Kṛṣṇa, [ib.]
of a king, [MBh.]
of a son of Ruruka (or Bharuka), [Hariv.]; [BhP.]
of a son of Pṛthu, [BhP.]
of a son of Śūra, [ib.]
of a son of Vatsaka, [ib.]
(pl.) N. of a people and a country (belonging to Madhya-deśa), [MBh.]; [Pur.] (cf. vārkeṇya)
[cf. Gk. λύκος; Lat. lupus; Slav. vlǔkǔ; Lith. vìlkas; Goth. wulfs; Germ. Eng. wolf]