1 The lotus plant; suraga- ja iva bibhrat padminīṃ daṃtalagnāṃ Ku. 3. 76; R. 16. 68; Me. 83; M. 2. 13.

2 An assemblage of lotus flowers.

3 A pond or lake abounding in lotuses.

4 The fibrous stalk of a lotus.

5 A female elephant.

6 A woman of the first of the four class- es into which writers on erotical science divide women; the ratimaṃjarī thus defines her: bhavati kamalanetrā nā- sikākṣudraraṃdhrā...