1 N. of a tree; nirbhi- dyopari karṇikāramukulānyālīyate ṣaṭpadaḥ V. 2. 23; Rs. 6. 6, 20.

2 The pericarp of a lotus. raṃ A flower of the Karṇikāra tree. (This flower, though it has an excellent colour, has no smell and hence it is not liked; cf. Ku. 3. 28.: varṇaprakarṣe sati kaṇiṃkāraṃ dunoti nirgadhatayā sma cetaḥ. prāyeṇa sāmagryavidhau guṇānāṃ parāṅmukhī viśvasṛjaḥ pravṛttiḥ..). Comp. priyaḥ an epithet...