a. 1 With the stalk, stem, or staff raised or rising up; uddaṃḍapadma gṛhadīrghikāṇāṃ R. 16. 46; ºdhavalātapatrāḥ Māl. 6 long; H. 2. 29.

2 Formidable, terrific. Comp. pālaḥ 1. a punisher (whether king or magistrate).

2. a kind of fish.

3. a kind of serpent; cf. (udaṃ- ḍapāla).