aSmakaH [ aSmeva sTiraH, ivArTe kan ] 1 N. of a sage. 2 N. of a country in the south; taTASmakAH puliMdASca kaliMgASca viSezataH Rām. ; (probably an old name of Travancore); according to Bṛ. S. 14. 22 it is in the north-west. 3 The inhabitants of the country ( pl. ). 4 A part of the sAlva country or its inhabitants; or its king.