aMkuSaH [ aMk-lakzaRe uSac Uṇ. 4. 107 ] A hook, a goad; Proverb: vikrIte kariRi kimaMkuSe vivAdaH why higgle about a trifling thing when the whole bargain (of which it forms part) has been struck (the goad ought to follow the elephant); saMniveSya kuSAvatyAM ripunAgAMkuSaM kuSaM R. 15. 97 ; ( fig. ) one who checks, a corrector, governor, director; tyajati tu yadA mohAnmArgaM tadA gururaMkuSaH Mu. 3. 6 ; kuSaM dvizAmaMkuSaM R. 16. 81 ; a restraint or check; niraMkuSAH kavayaH poets have free license or are unfettered. — SI one of the 24 Jaina Goddesses. [ cf. Germ. angel .] Comp. — grahaH an elephant-driver; anvetukAmo' vamatAMkuSagrahaH Śi. 12. 16 — durDaraH [ tf . ta . aMkuSena duHKena DAryate ] a restive elephant. — DArin m. a keeper of an elephant. ( pb ) — mudrA [ aMkuSAkArA mudrA ] a mark resembling a goad in form ( fjvIM ca maDyamAM kftvA tanmaDyaM parvamUlataH . tarjanIM kiMcidAkuMcet sA mudrAMkuSasaMjYitA ).