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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

पतङ्गिकाpataṅgikā1 A small bird.
1. 1 A small bird.
2. A kind of small bee; पतङ्गिकानां पुच्छेषु त्वयेषीका प्रवेशिता । कर्मणस्तस्य ते प्राप्तं फलमेतत्तपो- धन ॥ Mb.1.18.11.
3. A bow-string; Latin D. B.; also पतञ्चिका; Gīrvāṇa.
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