पुण्ड्रक

{ puṇḍrakḥ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

पुण्ड्रक  m.  m. ( pl.) the पुण्ड्रs ( s.v.), [Mn. x, 44] ( v.l. पौण्ड्°), [MBh.]
   ( sg.) a prince of the P°s [MBh.]
पुण्ड्र    also title or epithet).">N. of sev. plants (= ), [L.]
ऊर्ध्व-प्°   a frontal sectarian mark ( see . त्रि-प्°)

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ऊर्ध्व प्°

   a man who lives by breeding silk-worms, [Col.]
पुण्ड्रोक    also title or epithet).">N. of a poet ( also ), [Cat.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

पुण्ड्रकः [puṇḍrakḥ]   1 A variety of sugar- cane ( red- variety); ( mar. पुड्या ऊंस); कृष्टे रोहति दोहदेन पयसां पिण्डेन चेत् पुण्ड्रकः [N.21.153.]
   A sectarial mark.
    one who lives by breeding silk worms.

Shabda-Sagara

पुण्ड्रक  m.  ( -कः)
   1. A creeper, (Gærtnera racemosa.)
   2. A mark on the forehead with sandal, &c.
   3. A sort of sugarcane: see the last.
    E. कन् added to the preceding.

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कन्