a. 1 Old, aged, decayed.

2 Infirm, decrepit. m. An old man. Comp. kāruḥ N. of a great sage who married a sister of the serpent Vāsuki. [One day as he was fallen asleep on the lap of his wife, the sun was about to set. His wife, perceiving that the time of offering his evening prayers was passing away, gently rous- ed him. But he became angry with her for having disturbed his sleep, and left her never to...