a. Of good family, of good birth. kaḥ 1 The chief of a guild.

2 Any artisan of eminent birth.

3 An ant-hill. kaṃ 1 A collection, multitude.

2 A number of verses in grammatical connection; (the number of verses ranging from 5 to 15 and the whole forming one sen- tence); e. g. see Śi. 1. 4-10, R. 1. 5. 9; so Ku. 1. 1-16.

3 A kind of prose composition with few com- pounds.