[kruṃc prajñāº aṇ] 1 A curlew, heron; manoharakrauṃcaninā- ditāni sīmāṃtarāṇyutsukayaṃti cetaḥ Rs. 4. 8; Ms. 12. 64.

2 N. of a mountain (said to be the grandson of Himālaya and said to have been pierced by Kārtikeya and Paraśu- rāma); haṃsadvāraṃ bhṛgupatiyaśovartma yat krauṃcaraṃbhraṃ Me. 57. Comp. adanaṃ the fibres of the stalk of a lotus. ( nī) the seed of the lotus. arātiḥ, ariḥ, ripuḥ 1. an epithet...