1 A small water-jar.

2 An earthen cooking vessel.

3 A measure of grain.

4 N. of several plants. Comp. dhānyaṃ grain stored in jars sufficient for six days. dhā- nyakaḥ a house-holder who stores grain. nasaḥ a kind of venomous serpent; U. 2. 29. pākaḥ 1. the contents of a cooking-vessel.

2. (sing. or pl.) a particular hell in which the wicked are baked like potter's vessels; Y. 3. 224; Ms. 12. 76.