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पुंकर pushkar, s.m. A blue lotusflower, a lotus, Nelumbium speciosum or Nymphæa nelumbo; a species of medicinal plant, Costus speciosus or arabicus; the bowl of a spoon; the tip of an elephant's trunk; the skin of a drum; a drum, kettle-drum; the blade of a sword; the sheath of a sword; an arrow; air, atmosphere, sky, firmament, heaven; water; a cage; union; a part; war, battle; intoxication; the art of dancing; a pond, tank, lake; name of a celebrated place of pilgrimage in the district of Ajmere (now called Pokar); a kind of serpent; a species of crane, Ardea sibirica; an epithet of a class of clouds (said to occasion dearth or famine); name of one of the seven great dvīpas or divisions of the universe; name of a mountain in that division:—pushkar-dvīp, s.m. Name of a dvīp or great division of the universe (=pushkar):—pushkar-mūlak, s.m. The root of Costus speciosus or arabicus.