1 A sacrificial altar or ground.

2 A raised seat; an elevat- ed spot of ground (usually for sa- cred purposes); saptaparṇavedikā Ś. 1; Ku. 3. 44.

3 A seat in general.

4 An altar, a heap, mound; maṃdākinīsai- katavedikābhiḥ Ku. 1. 29 ‘by making altars or heaps of sand &c’.

5 A quadrangular open shed in the mid- dle of a court-yard.

6 An arbour, a bower.