Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. Hard, firm. saṃ A bone (m. also); Mv. 5. 19. Comp. āsyaḥ, mukhaḥ a bird in general.
kīkasa
Dictionary meanings for kīkasa from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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kīkasa
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Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
mfn. hard, firm L. 284,3 50687 m. the breast-bone and the cartilages of the ribs connected with it (cartilagines costarum) A1rshBr. 284,3 50688 m. a kind of worm (= kikkiśa?) L. 284,3 50689 f. Ved. vertebra or a rib (of which six are enumerated) RV. x, 163, 2; AV.; TS. &c 284,3 50690