फलकम् [phalakam] 1 A board, plank, slab, tablet; कालः काल्या भुवनफलके क्रीडति प्राणिशारैः
[Bh.3.39;] द्यूत˚, चित्र˚ &c.
Any flat surface; चुम्ब्यमानकपोलफलकाम्
[K.218;] धृत- मुग्धगण्डफलकैर्विबभुः
[Śi.9.47,37;] cf. तट.
A shield;
[Rām.1.] A slab, tablet, leaf or page for writing upon.
The buttocks, hips.
The palm of the hand.
Fruit, result, consequence.
Profit, gain.
Menstruation.
The head of an arrow.
The pericarp of a lotus.
A broad and flat bone (of the forehead).
A wooden seat; तवार्हते तु फलकं कूर्चं वाऽप्यथवा बृसी
[Mb.5.35.15.] Bark (as material for clothes). -Comp.
-परिधानम् putting on a bark-garment.
-पुरम् N. N. of a town in the east of India;
[P. VI.2.11;] cf. फलपुर.
-पाणि a. a. armed with a shield (as a warrior).
-यन्त्रम् an astronomical instrument invented by Bhāskarāchārya.
-सक्थ a. a. having a thigh as broad as a board.