Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 An unmarried girl twelve years old; particularly, a girl re- maining unmarried at her father's house in whom menstruation has commenced; piturgehe ca yā nārī rajaḥ paśyatyasaṃskṛtā. bhrūṇahatyā pitustasyāḥ sā kanyā vṛṣalī smṛtā...
2 A woman during menstruation.
3 A barren woman.
4 The mother of a still- born child.
5 A Śūdra female, or the wife of a Śūdra. Comp. patiḥ the husband of a Śūdra woman....
