puzkaraM [ puzkaM puzwiM rAti, rA-ka ; cf. Uṇ. 4. 4 ] 1 A blue lotus. 2 The tip of an elephant's tongue; Śi. 5. 30. 3 The skin of a drum, i. e. the place where it is struck; puzkarezvAhatezu Me. 66 ; R. 17. 11. 4 The blade of a sword. 5 The sheath of a sword. 6 An arrow. 7 Air, sky, atmosphere. 8 A cage. 9 Water. 10 Intoxication. 11 The art of dancing. 12 War, battle. 13 Union. 14 N. of a celebrated place of pilgrimage in the district of Ajmere. 15 The bowl of a spoon. 16 A part, portion. — raH 1 A lake, pond. 2 A kind of serpent. 3 A kind of drum, kettle-drum. 4 The sun. 5 An epithet of a class of clouds said to cause dearth or famine; Me. 6 ; Ku. 2. 50. 6 An epithet of Kṛṣṇa. 7 An epithet of Śiva. 8 The Sārasa bird. 9 An inauspicious conjunction of planets. — raH , — raM N. of one of the seven great divisions of the universe. Comp. — akzaH an epithet of Viṣṇu. — AKyaH , — AhvaH the (Indian) crane. — AvartakaH an epithet of a class of clouds said to cause dearth or famine; jAtaM vaMSe Bunavavidite puzkarAvartakAnAM Me. 6 ; Ku. 2. 50 , Ve. 3. 2. — tIrTaH N. of a sacred bathing-place; see puzkara above. — nABaH an epithet of Viṣṇu. — patraM a lotus-leaf. — priyaH wax. — bIjaM lotus seed. — vyAGraH an alligator. ( pb ) — SiKA the root of a lotus. — sTapatiH an epithet of Śiva. — sraja f. a garland of lotuses. ( — m. dual) N. of the two Aśvinīkumāras.