a. 1 Giving pain, hurting.

2 Squeezing, compressing.

3 A chaplet (tied on the crown of the head), garland in general; cūḍāpī- ḍakapālasaṃkulagalanmaṃdākinīvārayaḥ Māl. 1. 2.

4 (Hence fig.) A crest jewel; tasminkulāpīḍanibhe vipīḍaṃ R. 18. 29; Māl. 1, 6, 7.