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Entry कर्णिकार

कर्णिकारkarṇikāra1 N. of a tree; Cassia fistula. The golden yellow flower of this tree has its petals bending inwards so that…
1. 1 Name of a tree; Cassia fistula. The golden yellow flower of this tree has its petals bending inwards so that the flower looks like a saucer. Its stamens and style are longer than the petals and looks like so many wicks juttling out of an oil lamp. Compare Vikra.3.3. निर्भिद्योपरि कर्णिकारमुकुलान्यालीयते षट्पदः V.2.23; Ṛs.6.6, 2.
2. The pericarp of a lotus.
Derived forms and compounds
- -रम् A flower of the Karṇikāra tree. (This flower, though it has an excellent colour, has no smell and hence it is not liked; Compare Ku.3.28.: वर्णप्रकर्षे सति कर्णिकारं दुनोति निर्गन्धतया स्म चेतः । प्रायेण सामग्र्यविधौ गुणानां पराङ्मुखी विश्वसृजः प्रवृत्तिः ॥).
- -प्रियः An epithet of Śiva.
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