a. 1 Spreading, covering. ṇaṃ 1 Spreading, strewing.

2 A bed, layer; kusumaº a bed of flowers; Ku. 4. 35; sakusumaº strewn with flowers Ś. 3; tamālapatrāstaraṇāsu raṃtuṃ R. 6. 64.

3 A cushion, quilt, bed- clothes; gataº without the bed- clothes.

4 A rug, carpet.

5 An elephant's housings, painted cloth (thrown on his back).

6 A layer [Page0270-a+ 57] of Kuśa grass spread out at a sacri- fice.