रुचक mfn. (
-कः-का-कं)
1. Agreeable, pleasing.
2. Sharp, acrid.
3. Tonic, stomachic.
m. (
-कः)
1. The citron, (Citrus medica.)
2. A pigeon.
n. (
-कं)
1. Salt.
2. Natron, alkali.
3. Borax.
4. A garland, a chaplet. 5. A curl on a horse's neck.
6. The woody Cassia.
7. Any auspicious or fortunate object.
8. A perfume, commonly Rochanā.
9. An anthelmintic medicine, commonly Biranga, (Embelia ribes.)
10. A sort of temple.
11. A stomachic.
12. An ornament of the neck or breast.
13. A tooth.
E. रुच् to shine, &c., in the causal form,
क्वुन् aff.; the embellisher, the polisher, &c.