Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
[an-jīvane śabde ca, bhāve bāhuº iman ityanimaḥ jīvanaṃ, tena kāyati prakāśa- te, kai-ka. Tv.] 1 A frog (tasya maraṇepi punarujjīvanāt).
2 A cuckoo.
3 A bee (ubhayorapi tayoḥ madhuraśabdena prakāśamānatvāt).
4 The filament of a lotus, padma- keśara.
5 N. of the tree madhūka Med.
