कपोतः _kapōtḥ

कपोतः [को वायुः पोत इव यस्य Tv.]

1 A dove, pigeon.

-2 A bird in general.

-3 A particular position of the hands.

-4 The grey colour of a pigeon.

-Comp. -अङ्घ्रिः f. a sort of perfume.

-अञ्जनम् antimony.

-अरिः a hawk, falcon.

-आभ a. of the colour of a pigeon. (

-भः) a pale of dirty white colour.

-चरणा a sort of perfume.

-पालिका, -पाली f. an aviary, a pigeon-house, dove-cot.

-राजः the king of pigeons.

-वर्णी Small cardamoms.

-वाणा a kind of perfume.

-वृत्तिः f. to be very frugal, gathering very little for maintenance; कपोतवृत्त्या पक्षेण व्रीहिद्रोणमुपार्जयत् Mb.3.26.5.

-सारम् antimony.

-हस्तः a mode of folding the hands in supplication, fear &c.; कपोतहस्तकं कृत्वा Ś.6.