makaraH [ maM vizaM kirati ka-ac Tv. ] 1 A kind of sea-animal, a crocodile, shark; JazARAM makaraScAsmi Bg. 10. 31 ; makaravaktra Bh. 2. 4. (Makara is regarded as an emblem of Cupid; cf. comps. below). 2 The sign Capri cornus of the zodiac. 3 An array of troops in the form of a Makara. 4 An ear-ring in the shape of a Makara. 5 The hands folded in the form of a Makara. 6 N. of one of the nine treasures of Kubera. 7 The tenth arc of thirty degrees in any circle. Comp. — aMkaH an epithet of 1 the god of love. 2 the ocean. — aSvaH an epithet of Varuṇa. — AkaraH, -AvAsaH the ocean. — AlayaH 1 the ocean. 2 a symbolical expression for the number ‘four’. — kuMqalaM an ear-ring in the shape of a Makara. — ketanaH, -ketuH , — ketumat m. epithets of the god of love. — DvajaH 1 an epithet of the god of love; saMprAptaM makaraDvajena maTanaM tvatto madarTe purA Ratn. 1. 3 ; tatpremavAri makaraDvajatApahAri Ch. P. 41. 2 a particular array of troops. — rASiH f. the sign Capricornus of the zodiac. — saMkramaRaM the passage of the sun into the sign Capricornu s. — saptamI the seventh day in the bright half of Māgha.