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अलर्कं (alarkaM)

 
पुराणम्
English
अलर्कम् / ALARKA(M) I. The name of an insect. It was in the form of this insect that indra went and bore a hole on the leg of karṇa while paraśurāma was sleeping on his lap. The blood that flowed from Karṇa's foot wetted the body of the preceptor.