a. (kī f.) [lakṣaṇayā bodhayati ṭhak] 1 One who is acquaint- ed with marks or signs.

2 Charac- teristic, indicatory.

3 Having a secondary sense, used in a se- condary sense (as a word, as dis- tinguished from vācya and vyaṃjaka q. q. v. v.); syādvācaṃko lākṣaṇikaḥ śabdo- 'tra vyaṃjakastridhā K. P. 2.

4 Express- ing indirectly or figuratively.

5 Secondary, inferior.

6 Technical. kaḥ A technical term.