makara
ma/kara m. a kind of sea-monster (sometimes confounded with the crocodile, shark, dolphin &c.; regarded as the emblem of Kāma-deva [ cf. makara-ketana &c. below] or as a symbol of the 9th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī ; represented as an ornament on gates or on head-dresses), VS. &c. &c.