kUpaH [ kuvaMti maMqUkA asmin, ku-pak dIrGaSca Uṇ. 3. 27 ] 1 A well; kUpe paSya payoniDAvapi Gawo gfhRAti tulyaM jalaM Bh. 2. 49 ; so nitarAM nIcosmIti tvaM KedaM kUpa mA kadApi kfTAH . atyaMtasarasahfdayo yataH parezAM guRagrahItAsi Bv. 1. 9 ; proddIpte Bavane tu kUpaKananaM pratyadyamaH kIdfSaH Bh. 3. 88. 2 A hole, cave, hollow, cavity; as in jaGanakUpa ; Śi. 7. 74. 3 A leather oil-vessel. 4 A post to which a ship is moored. 5 A tree or rock in the midst of a river. 6 A mast; kzoRInOkUpadaMqaH Dk. 1. — pI 1 A small well. 2 A flask, bottle. 3 The navel. Comp. — aMkaH, -aMgaH horripilation. — kacCapaH, -maMqUkaH, -maMqUkI ( lit. ) a tortoise or frog in a well; ( fig. ) an inexperienced person, one who has had no experience of the world at large, a man of limited ideas who knows only his own neighbourhood; oft. used as a term of reproach. — yaMtraM a water-wheel, a contrivance for raising water from a well. °yaMtraGawI-GawikA a bucket or pot attached to the water-wheel to draw up water. °yaMtraGawikAnyAya see under nyAya .