1 A flag, banner (fig. also); yaṃ kāmamaṃjarī kāmayate sa haratu su- bhagapatākāṃ Dk. 47 ‘let him carry the palm of beauty or good fortune’.

2 A flag-staff.

3 A sign, emblem, mark, symbol.

4 An episode or episodical incident in a drama, see patākāsthānaka below.

5 Auspicious- ness, good fortune or luck. Comp. aṃśukaṃ a flag. sthānakaṃ (in dra- maturgy) intimation of an episodi- cal incident, when...