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कंटकः (kaMTakaH)

 
Apte 1890
English
कंटकः,
कं 1 A thorn
पादलग्नं करस्थेन कंटकेनैव कंटकं (उद्धरेत्) Chāṇ. 22
Pt. 4. 18.
2 A prickle, a sting
Y. 3. 53.
3 The point of anything.
4 (Fig.) Any troublesome fellow who is, as it were, a thorn to the state and an enemy of order and good government
उत्खातलोकत्रयकंटकेऽपि R. 14. 73
त्रिदिवमुद्धृतदानवकंटकं Ś. 7. 3
Ms. 9. 260
Mv. 7. 8.
5 (Hence) Any source of vexation or annoyance, nuisance
Ms. 9. 253.
6 Horripilation, erection of hair, thrill.
7 A finger-nail.
8 A vexing speech.
9 A fish-bone.
10 A sharp stinging pain, symptom of a disease.
11 (In Nyāya philosophy) Refutation of arguments, detection of error.
12 Impediment, obstacle.
13 The first, fourth, seventh, and tenth lunar mansions.
कः 1 A bamboo.
2 A work-shop, manufactory.
3 Fault, defect.
4 N. of Makara or the marine monster, the symbol of the god of love.
की A kind of वार्ताकी.
Comp.
अग्रः a kind of lizard.
अशनः भक्षकः
भुज् m. a camel.
अष्ठीलः a kind of fish (having many bones).
आगारः a kind of worm.
आढ्यः a kind of tree.
उद्धरणं {1} (lit.) extracting thorns, weeding. {2} (fig.) removing annoyances, extirpating thieves and all such sources of public annoyance
कंटकोद्धरणे नित्यमातिष्ठेद्यत्नमुत्तमं Ms. 9. 252.
द्रुमः {1} a tree with thorns, a thorny bush
भवंति नितरां स्फीताः सुक्षेत्रे कंटकद्रुमाः Mk. 9. 7. {2} the Śālmali tree or silk-cottontree (Mar. सांवरी).
फलः {1} the bread-fruit tree, Panasa tree. {2} th गोक्षुर plant. {3} the castor-oil tree. {4} the Dhattūra tree. {5} a term applicable to any plant the fruit of which is invested with a hairy or thorny coat.
मर्दनं suppressing disturbance.
युक्त a. having thorns, thorny.
विशोधनं extirpating every source of disturbance or trouble
राज्यकंटकविशोधनोद्यतः Vikr. 5. 1.
वृंताकी a species of nightshade with thorny leaves (वार्ताकी).
श्रोणिः
णी f. {1} the Solanum Jacquini. {2} a porcupine.