niculaH 1 A kind of reed. 2 N. of a poet and friend of Kālidāsa; sTAnAdasmAt sarasaniculAdutpatodaNmuKaH KaM Me. 14 (where Malli. observes: - niculo nAma maha kaviH kAlidAsasya sahADyAyaH ; but this explanation is very doubtful). 3 An upper garment, cover cf. nicola . 4 The tree called hijjala , (Barringtonia Acutangula).