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    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 21, col. 2.
    aṃghri(aṃhriḥ) [aṃgh-krin nipātoyaṃ Uṇ. 4. 66]

    1 A foot.

    2 The root of a tree.

    3 A quarter of a stanza (caturthapāda.)

    Comp.

    paḥ [aṃghriṇā (pb) pibati siktajalaṃ; pā-ka] a tree; dikṣu vyūḍhāṃghripāṃgaḥ Ve. 2. 18.

    parṇī rṇikā,

    vallī, vallikā [aṃghrau mūle tadārabhya vā parṇānyasyāḥ, svārthe kan; aṃghrerārabhya vallīva parṇatvena] N. of a plant siṃhapucchī Hedysarum Lagopodioides (Mar. ḍavalā, piṭhavaṇa).

    pāna a. [aṃghriḥ pānaṃ yasya or aṃghriṃ pibati] sucking his foot or toes, as an infant.

    skaṃdhaḥ [aṃghreḥ skaṃdha iva] the ankle.