pAcana a. ( nI f. ) [ pAcayati kartari lyuH pAcyate'nena karaRe lyuw vA ] 1 Cooking. ( pb ) 2 Ripening. 3 Digestive. 4 Softening, relaxing. 5 Suppurative. — naH 1 Fire. 2 Sourness, acidity. — naM 1 The act of cooking. 2 The act of ripening. 3 A dissolvent, digestive medicine. 4 Causing a wound to close. 5 Penance, expiation ( prAyaScitta ). 6 Infusion, decoction. 7 Extracting extraneous substances from a wound. 8 A cataplasm. 9 A substance used in closing wounds or restraining bleeding.