kṣīrikā, °ka (5373)
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Entry 5373, Page 200, Col. 1 -
(kzIrikA, kzIrikA, °ka)
kṣīrikā, °ka¦ (nt.), °kā recorded as n. of a tree Skt. Lex., and once in Var.Bṛh.S., BR 5.1350; the one oc- currence cited from Mbh. in BR, pw, is shown by Crit. ed. 3.155.42d to be a false reading for kṣīriṇas, acc. pl.; cf. Skt. kṣīrin, n. of one or more trees, and kṣīriṇī, n. of various plants; AMg. khīriṇī, n. of a creeper; cf. s.v. kṣīraka, (1) °kā, n. of a tree, perhaps date, but context gives no clue in LV 381.12 (prose) kṣīrikā-vana-nivāsinī- devatā-; Tib. śiṅ ḥo ma can, milky tree; in Mv ii.248.16 read prob. °kāhi with mss., see s.v. kṣīraka; (2) °kā, n. of a kind of grass or herb: Mv ii.137.1, 19 kṣīrikā (v.l. both times sthinikā) nāma tṛṇajāti; medicinal, brought by Śakra from Mt. Gandhamādana, Av i.31.16 kṣīrikām oṣadhīm; (3) nt. kṣīrikāni (so; no v.l.), fruits, apparently of the date: Mv ii.475.16, in a list of names of fruits, all nt. pl.
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