leKana a. ( nI f. ) [ liKa-lyu lyuw vA ] 1 Writing, painting, scratching &c. 2 Exciting, stimulating. — naH A kind of reed of which pens are made. — naM 1 Writing, transcribing. 2 Scratching, scraping. 3 Grazing, touching. 4 Attenuating, making thin or emaciated. 5 Cutting or making incisions (in surgery). 6 Scripture. 7 An instrument for scraping. 8 A kind of birch-tree. 9 A palm-leaf (for writing upon). — nI 1 A pen, writing-reed, reed-pen. 2 A spoon. Comp. — sADanaM writing materials or apparatus.