1 Increase, excess, prepon- derance, abundance; jñānodrekādvigha- ṭitatamograṃthayaḥ sattvaniṣṭhāḥ Ve. 1. 23; gatvodrekaṃ jaghanapuline Śi. 7. 74; so mohaº, dhanaº, madaº.

2 Commencement, outset. kā The plant (mahāniṃba). Comp. bhaṃgaḥ discouraging a thing at the very beginning.