[kṝ-īran Uṇ. 4. 30] 1 The shoot of a bamboo.

2 A shoot in general; āninyire vaṃśakarīranīlaiḥ Śi. 4. 14; N. 5. 14.

3 A thorny plant growing in deserts and eaten by camels; patraṃ naiba yadā karīraviṭape doṣo vasaṃtasya kiṃ Bh. 2. 93; cf. also kiṃ puṣpaiḥ kiṃ phalaistasya karīrasya durātmanaḥ. yena vṛddhiṃ samāsādya na kṛtaḥ patrasaṃgrahaḥ Subhāsh.

4 A water- jar. rā rī 1 The root of an ele- phant's tusk....