[mṛṇa-kālan] The fibr- ous root of a lotus. a lotus-fibre: bhaṃge'pi hi mṛṇālāmanubadhnaṃti taṃtavaḥ H. 1. 95; sūtraṃ mṛṇālādiva rāhahaṃsī V. 1. 19; Rs. 1. 19: V. 3. 13. la The root of a fragrant grass (vīraṇamūla) Comp. bhaṃgaḥ a bit of a lotus-fibre. sūtraṃ the fibre of a lotus-stalk.