aśmaṃtakaḥ kaṃ1 A fire-place. 2 The shade for a lamp (dīpādhāra). 3 A kind of grass. —kaḥ N. of several trees: (a) amloṭaka; its leaf; Māl. 9. 7; (b) N. of a tree kovidāraka; (c) N. of a plant from the fibres of which a Brāhmaṇa's girdle may be made.