[vṛs-abhac kicca] 1 A bull.

2 Any male animal.

3 Anything best or emin- ent of its class (at the end of comp.); dvijavṛṣabhaḥ Ratn. 1. 5, 4. 21.

4 The sign Taurus of the zodiac.

5 A kind of drug; cf. ṛṣabha.

6 An elephant's ear.

7 The orifice or hollow of the ear. Comp. īkṣaṇaḥ N. of Viṣṇu. gatiḥ, -dhvajaḥ epithets of Śiva; R. 2. 36; Ku. 3. 62.