mn. (g. ardharcādi; of doubtful derivation accord. to Un2. iii, 145 fr. viṭ; for 1. viṭa-pa, see under viṭa), the young branch of a tree or creeper, twig, sprout, shoot, bough MBh.; Ka1v. &c 961,3 195361 mn. a bush, shrub, cluster, thicket, tuft ib. 961,3 195362 mn. expansion, spreading L. 961,3 195363 mn. the perinaeum or the septum of the scrotum Sus3r. 961,3 195364