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वृद्धिका (vRddhikA)

 
शब्दसागरः
English
वृद्धिका
f.
 (-का) A sort of drug: see वृद्धि.
E.
 कन् added to वृद्धि ।
Yates
English
वृद्धिका (का) 1.
f.
 A sort of drug.
Wilson
English
वृद्धिका
f.
 (-का) A sort of drug: see वृद्धि.
E.
 कब् added to वृद्धि.
Monier Williams 1872
English
वृद्धिका, f. a sort of drug or medicinal plant
(= ऋद्धि, see under 2. वृद्धि).
Mahabharata
English
Vṛddhikā, pl. (ºāḥ), a class of female ogres. § 504 (Skandayuddha): III, 231, 14529 (striyo mānushamāṃsādā Vºā nāma nāmataḥ, born in trees). Cf. the reading Vṛkshakā, Hopkins: Epic. Mythol., p. 229.
पुराणम्
English
वृद्धिका / VṚDDHIKĀ. A kind of goblin. It is mentioned in mahābhārata, Vana Parva, Chapter 231, Stanza 16, that once the semen of śiva fell scattered over the trees and that these goblins were born from that. Human flesh is the food of these goblins. It is said those who want children need only worship these Vṛddhikās.
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
वृद्धिका,
स्त्री,
 (वृद्धिरेव । स्वार्थे कन् ।) ऋद्धिना-मौषधम् । इति शब्दमाला ॥
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
वृद्धिका स्त्री वृद्धि + स्वार्थे क । वृद्धिनामकौषधे शब्दच० ।