cIraM [ ci-kran dIrGaSca ; Uṇ. 2. 26 ] 1 A rag, a tattered cloth, a long stripe or garment; Ms. 6. 6. 2 A bark. 3 A cloth or garment in general. 4 A necklace of pearls consisting of four strings. 5 A stripe, stroke, line. 6 A manner of writing with strokes. 7 Lead. 8 A crest. 9 The dress of a Buddhist priest. Comp. — parigraha , — vAsas a. 1 clothed in bark; Ku. 6. 92 ; Ms. 11. 102. 2 dressed in rags or tatters. ( — m. ) an epithet of Śiva. — BavaMtI the elder sister of a wife (?).