a. 1 Practising penance, devout.

2 Poor, miserable, helpless, pitiable; sā tapasvinī nirvṛtā bhavatu Ś. 4; Māl. 3; N. 1. 135. m. 1 An ascetic; tapasvisāmānyamavekṣaṇīyā R. 14. 67.

2 A mendicant, pauper.

3 An epithet of Nārada.

4 A sparrow. nī 1 A female ascetic.

2 A poor or wretched woman. Comp. patraḥ the sun-flower.