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cāmarā

Camara

the Yak ox (Bos grunniens) Ja.i.149 ; Ja.iii.18 Ja.iii.375 ; Ja.v.416 ; Mil.365 ■ f. -ī Ja.i.20 ; Sdhp.621 ■ In compounds camari˚ Ja.iv.256 . a kind of antelope (-ī Ja.vi.537 . - vījanī (f.) a chowry (the bushy tail of the Yak made into a brush to drive away flies) Vin.ii.130 . This is one of the ro

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1. Cَمَرَ

  1. the Yak ox (Bos grunniens) Ja.i.149; Ja.iii.18 Ja.iii.375; Ja.v.416; Mil.365
    ■ f. -ī Ja.i.20; Sdhp.621
    ■ In compounds camari˚ Ja.iv.256.
  2. a kind of antelope (-ī Ja.vi.537.
  • -vījanī (f.) a chowry (the bushy tail of the Yak made into a brush to drive away flies) Vin.ii.130. This is one of the royal ensigns (see kakudhabhaṇḍa & cp vāla-vījanī).

Deriv. unknown, probably non-Aryan. Sk. camara

2. Cāmara

neuter a chowrie, the tail of bos grunniens used as a whisk Snp.688; Vv.64#3; Ja.vi.510; Vv-a.271, Vv-a.276. Cpd. cāmarī-gāhaka Ja.vi.218 (anka) a hook holding the whisk.

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