chidrá mf(ā)n. torn asunder RV. i, 162, 20
• containing holes, pierced KātySr. xv ff. R. i, 73, 20 Suśr. v, 1, 43
• leaky MBh. v, 1307 ; 1047 (= xii, 8782)
• n. a hole, slit, cleft, opening VS. TS. i, vi KātyŚr. Lāṭy. Kauś. Mn. &c. (daiva-kṛta, 'opening or hole made by nature', the cartilage of the ear, pupil of the eye Suśr.
• ○draṃ √dā, to yield an opening or free access' BhP. v, 6, 4)
• defect, fault, blemish, imperfection, infirmity, weak point, foible MBh. &c
• (in astrol.) the 8th lunar mansion VarBṛ. Laghuj. i, 17
• the number 'nine' (there being 9 openings in the body) Sūryas. ii, 18
• the lower regions Gal. (cf. á-, karṇa-, kṛta-, gṛha-, niś-, mahā-)

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William