[dhvaj-ac] 1 A flag, banner, standard, ensign; R. 7. 40; 17. 32; Pt. 1. 26.

2 A distinguished or eminent person, the flag or orna- ment (at the end of comp.); as in kuladhvajaḥ ‘the head, ornament, or dis- tinguished person of a family.’

3 A flag-staff.

4 A mark, emblem, sign, a symbol; vṛṣabhaº, makaraº &c.

5 The attribute of a deity.

6 The sign of a tavern.

7 The sign of a trade, any trademark.

8 The...

a. 1 Adorned with flags.

2 Having a mark.

3 Having the mark of a criminal, branded. m. 1 A standard-bearer.

2 A vendor of spirituous liquors, distiller.

3 A Brāhmaṇa who carries with him the skull of the man murdered by him to places of pilgrimage by way of penance.

m. [bahe astyarthe ini] A pea- cock; R. 16. 64; V. 3. 2; 4. 10; Rs. 2. 6. Comp. kusumaṃ, puṣpaṃ a kind of perfume. dhvajā an epithet of Durgā. yānaḥ, vāhanaḥ an epithet of Kārtikeya.

f. fr. ovya N. of Da1ksha1yan2i1 dākṣāyaṇī in Ma1n2d2avya māṇḍavya Cat. 806,3 162143 f. of a daughter of Kus3a-dhvaja kuśa-dhvaja and wife of Bharata bharata R. (cf. v/ātsī.māṇḍavī-p/utra). 102967 806,3 162144 m. (patr. fr. maṇḍu g. gargādi) N. of a teacher (pl. his descendants) S3Br. &c 806,3 162145 m. of an astronomer Var. 806,3 162146

n. (fr. saṃ-kāśin) full visibility or appearance (instr. = straightway, immediately, directly) Ka1tyS3r. 151471 1198,3 241197 m. (fr. saṃ-kāśa) N. of a man MBh. 1198,3 241198 n. and f (A). N. of the town of Kus3a-dhvaja kuśa-dhvaja (brother of Janaka janaka) R. 151472 1198,3 241199 m. lord of Sa1m2ka1s3ya sāṃkāśya, N. of Kus3a-dhvaja kuśa-dhvaja ib. 151473 1198,3 241200

n. (only L.) or f. (also yaṣṭī cf. g. bahv-ādi; prob. fr. yach = yam; for 1. yaṣṭi, see p. 840, col. 3) any support, a staff, stick, wand, rod, mace, club, cudgel 848,3 170964 n. pole, pillar, perch S3Br. &c 848,3 170965 n. a flag-staff (See dhvaja-y) 848,3 170966 n. a stalk, stem, branch, twig Hariv.; Ka1v. 848,3 170967