1 The fibre of a lotus.

2 The fibrous stalk of a lotus; pātheya- mutsṛja bisaṃ grahaṇāya bhūyaḥ V. 4. 15; bisamalamaśanāya svādu pānāya toyaṃ Bh. 3. 22; Me. 11; Ku. 3. 37; 4. 29. Comp. kaṃṭhikā, -kaṃṭhin m. a small [Page0797-c+ 57] crane. kusumaṃ -puṣpaṃ, -prasūnaṃ a lotus; jakṣurbisaṃ dhṛtavikaśibisaprasūnāḥ Śi. 5. 28. khādikā eating the fibres of a lotus. graṃthiḥ a knot on the stalk of a lotus....