ErAvataH [ irA ApaH tadvAn irAvAn samudraH tasmAdutpannaH aR ] 1 N. of the elephant of Indra. 2 An excellent elephant. 3 One of the chiefs of the Nāgas or serpent-race (inhabiting Pātāla). 4 The elephant presiding over the east. 5 A kind of rainbow. 6 A kind of lightning; (said to be n. also in these two senses). 7 The orange tree. — taM 1 A vast and waterless region. 2 ( pl. ) N. of a Varṣa. 3 N. of the northern path of the moon. — tI 1 The female of Indra's elephant. 2 Lightning. 3 N. of a plant ( vawapatrI ). 4 N. of the river Rāvī in the Panjāba (= irAvatI ). 5 N. of a particular portion of the moon's path.