Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 The areca-nut.
2 The leaf of piper-betel, which together with the areca-nut, catechu, chu- nam, and spices is usually chewed after meals; tāṃbūlabhṛtagallo'yaṃ bhallaṃ jalpati mānuṣaḥ K. P. 7; rāgo na skha- litastavādharapuṭe tāṃbūlasaṃvardhitaḥ Ś. Til. 7. Comp. adhikāraḥ the office of carrying the betel-box; Pt. 1. ka- raṃkaḥ, peṭikā a betel-box; (Mar. pānadāna, pānapuḍā). daḥ, dharaḥ, vāhakaḥ a...
