cAmaraH · cAmaraM
cAmaraH, -raM [ camaryAH vikAraH tatpucCanirmitatvAt ] (also — rA -rI sometimes) A chowrie or bushy tail of the Camara (Bos Grunniens) used as a fly-flap or fan, and reckoned as one of the insignia of royalty (and sometimes used as a sort of streamer on the heads of horses); vyADUyaMte niculataruBirmaMjarIcAmarARi V. 4. 4 ; adeyamAsIt trayameva BUpateH SaSipraBaM CatramuBe ca cAmare R. 3. 16 ; Ku. 7. 42 ; H. 2. 29 ; Me. 35 ; citranyastamivAcalaM hayaSirasyAyAmavaccAmaraM V. 1. 4 ; Ś. 1. 8. Comp. — grAhaH, -grAhin m. a person who carries a chowrie . — grAhiRI a waiting girl who carries in her hand a chowrie and waves it over the head of a king &c.; pfzWe lIlAvalayaraRitaM cAmaragrAhiRInAM Bh. 3. 61. — puzpaH , — puzpakaH 1 the betel-nut tree. 2 the Ketaka plant. 3 the mango tree.
cAmaraH, -raM [ camaryAH vikAraH tatpucCanirmitatvAt ] (also — rA -rI sometimes) A chowrie or bushy tail of the Camara (Bos Grunniens) used as a fly-flap or fan, and reckoned as one of the insignia of royalty (and sometimes used as a sort of streamer on the heads of horses); vyADUyaMte niculataruBirmaMjarIcAmarARi V. 4. 4 ; adeyamAsIt trayameva BUpateH SaSipraBaM CatramuBe ca cAmare R. 3. 16 ; Ku. 7. 42 ; H. 2. 29 ; Me. 35 ; citranyastamivAcalaM hayaSirasyAyAmavaccAmaraM V. 1. 4 ; Ś. 1. 8. Comp. — grAhaH, -grAhin m. a person who carries a chowrie . — grAhiRI a waiting girl who carries in her hand a chowrie and waves it over the head of a king &c.; pfzWe lIlAvalayaraRitaM cAmaragrAhiRInAM Bh. 3. 61. — puzpaH , — puzpakaH 1 the betel-nut tree. 2 the Ketaka plant. 3 the mango tree.