karṇika

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] a. 1 Having ears. --2 Having a helm. --kaḥ A steersman. --kā 1 An ear-ring. --2 A knot, round pro- tuberance. --3 Pericarp of a lotus. --4 A small brush or pen. --5 The middle finger. --6 A fruit-stalk. --7 The tip of an elephant's trunk. --8 Chalk. --9 A trowel. --10 A bawd. --Comp. --acalaḥ N. of the moun- tain sumeru.

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Appears in 7 texts

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a. 1 Having ears. --2 Having a helm. --kaḥ A steersman. --kā 1 An ear-ring. --2 A knot, round pro- tuberance. --3 Pericarp of a lotus. --4 A small brush or pen. --5 The middle...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

130

Texts Appeared In

36

DCS: name of a Tāntric wk

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Liṅgapurāṇa 28 21.5%
2. Suśrutasaṃhitā 18 13.8%
3. Garuḍapurāṇa 16 12.3%
4. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 13 10.0%
5. Ānandakanda 4 3.1%

Concordance (Sample)

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: karṇikāyāṃ

  karṇikāyāṃ nyaset sūryasomāgnīn uttarottaram

• Rasaratnākara surface: karṇikām

  padmabījaṃ kaseruṃ ca kandaṃ nālaṃ ca karṇikām

• Rasaratnasamuccaya surface: karṇikā

  pālikā karṇikā caiva śākacchedanaśastrakāḥ