kaRaH 1 A grain, a single seed; taMqulakaRAn H. 1 ; Ms. 11. 93. 2 An atom or particle (of anything). 3 A very small quantity; dravina° Śānti. 1. 19 ; 3. 5. 4 A grain of dust; R. 1. 85 ; or of pollen; V. 2. 7. 5 A drop (of water) or spray; kaRavAhI mAlinItaraMgARAm Ś. 3. 7 ; aMbu°, aSru° Me. 26 , 45 , 69 ; Amaru. 54. 6 An ear of corn. 7 Spark (as of fire). 8 The spark or facet of a gem. 9 Flake (of snow). 10 SvetajIraka . — RA 1 A kind of fly. 2 Long pepper. 3 Cumin seed. — RI 1 An atom, a drop. 2 A kind of corn. 3 The plant Premna Spinosa or Longifolia. Comp. — adaH,-BakzaH, Buj m. a nickname given to the philosopher who propounded the Vaiśeṣika system of philosophy (which may be said to be a ‘doctrine of atoms’). — anna a. one whose food consists of grains. °tA the state of one who is made to live on grains. — guggulaH a kind of plant. — jIraH a white kind of cumin seed. — jIrakaM small cumin seed. — BakzaH, BakzakaH, Buj m. N. of Kaṇāda. — BakzakaH a kind of bird. — lABaH a whirlpool.