[aśmeva sthiraḥ, ivārthe kan] 1 N. of a sage.

2 N. of a country in the south; tathāśmakāḥ puliṃdāśca kaliṃgāśca viśeṣataḥ Rām.; (probably an old name of Travancore); ac- cording to Bṛ. S. 14. 22 it is in the north-west.

3 The inhabitants of the country (pl.).

4 A part of the sālva country or its inhabitants; or its king.