a. (cikā f.) [recayati ric- ṇic ṇvul] 1 Emptying, purging.

2 Purgative, aperient.

3 Emptying the lungs, emitting the breath. kaḥ 1 Emission of breath, breathing out, exhalation, especially through one of the nostrils (opp. pūraka which means ‘inhaling breath’, and kuṃbhaka ‘suspending breath’).

2 A syringe.

3 Nitre, salt-petre. kaṃ A purga- tive, cathartic.