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आण्डीक (ANDIka)

 
Apte
English
आण्डीक [āṇḍīka],
a.
Bearing eggs. आण्डीकं कुमुदं संतनोति
Av.*
4.34.5.
Apte 1890
English
आंडीक a. Bearing eggs.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
आण्डी॑क
mfn.
bearing eggs (i.e. egg-shaped fruits or bulbs),
AV.
iv, 34, 5
v, 17, 16
Kauś.
Monier Williams 1872
English
आण्डीक, अस्, आ, अम्, Ved. bearing eggs, as a plant
with egg-shaped fruits or bulbs.
Vedic Reference
English
Āṇḍīka (‘bearing eggs’) is a term found in the Atharvaveda^1
denoting an edible plant, apparently with fruit or leaves of egg
shape (āṇḍa), akin to the lotus.
1) iv. 34, 5
v. 17, 16. In the first
passage the Paippalāda version has
pauṇḍarīka in its place
Whitney,
Translation of the Atharvaveda, 207.
Cf. Zimmer, Altindisches Leben, 70
Weber, Indische Studien, 18, 138.