kaṇṭakin mfn. thorny, prickly ĀśvGṛ. MBh. Suśr. &c
• vexatious, annoying
• (ī), m. N. of several plants (viz. Acacia Catechu
• Vanguiera Spinosa
• Ruellia Longifolia
• Zizyphus Jujuba
• bamboo) L
• a fish L
• (inī), f. Solanum Jacquini L
• a kind of date-palm
• red amaranth L
• N. of a mother in the retinue of Skanda MBh

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William