kárṇaka m. (ifc. f. ā) a prominence or handle or projection on the side or sides (of a vessel &c.), a tendril ŚBr. KātyŚr
• a rime, ring Car
• a kind of fever
• a particular defect of wood Comm. on KātyŚr
• N. of a man
• (ās), m. pl. the descendants of this man, g. upakâdi
• (au), m. du. the two legs spread out AV. xx, 133, 3
• (ikā), f. (Pāṇ. 4-3, 65) an ear-ring or ornament for the ear Kathās. Daś. &c
• a knot-like tubercle Suśr
• a round protuberance (as at the end of a reed or a tube) Suśr
• the pericarp of a lotus MBh. BhP. &c
• central point, centre Car. Bālar
• the tip of an elephant's trunk L
• the middle finger L
• chalk L
• a pen, small brush L
• Premna spinosa or longifolia L
• Odina pinnata L
• a bawd L
• N. of an Apsaras MBh

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William