1 A thorn; pādalagnaṃ karasthena kaṃṭakenaiva kaṃṭakaṃ (uddharet) Chāṇ. 22; Pt. 4. 18.

2 A prickle, a sting; Y. 3. 53.

3 The point of anything.

4 (Fig.) Any trou- blesome fellow who is, as it were, a thorn to the state and an enemy of order and good government; u- tkhātalokatrayakaṃṭake'pi R. 14. 73; tridi- vamuddhṛtadānavakaṃṭakaṃ Ś. 7. 3; Ms. 9. 260; Mv. 7. 8.

5 (Hence) Any source of vexation or annoyance,...