===> [ kaNTaka ]2[ k'aNTaka ] m. (n. L.) a thorn ŚBr. v MBh. Yājñ. &c. (1) anything pointed, the point of a pin or needle, a prickle, sting R. (2) a fish-bone R. iii, 76, 10 Mn. viii, 95 (3) a finger-nail (cf. [ karaka° ]) Naish. i, 94 (4) the erection of the hair of the body in thrilling emotions (cf. [ kaNTakita ]) (5) unevenness or roughness (as on the surface of the tongue) Car. (6) any troublesome seditious person (who is, as it were, a thorn to the state and an enemy of order and good government), a paltry foe, enemy in general (cf. [ kSudra-zatru ]) Mn. ix, 253, &c. BhP. R. &c. (7) a sharp stinging pain, symptom of disease Suśr. (8) a vexing or injurious speech MBh. i, 3559 (9) any annoyance or source of vexation, obstacle, impediment R. Hit. (10) the first, fourth, seventh, and tenth lunar mansions VarBṛS. and VarBṛ. (11) a term in the Nyāya philosophy implying refutation of argument, detection of error &c. L. (12) a bamboo L. (13) workshop, manufactory L. (14) boundary of a village L. (15) fault, defect L. (16) N. of Makara (or the marine monster, the symbol of Kāma-deva) L. (17) of the horse of Śākya-muni Lalit. (wrong reading for [ kaNThaka ] BRD.) (18) of an Agrahāra Rājat (19) of a barber Hariv. (v. l. [ kaNDuka ]) (20) ([ I ]), f. a species of Solanum Suśr.