aṃkuśaḥ [aṃk-lakṣaṇe uśac Uṇ. 4. 107] A hook, a goad; Proverb: vikrītekariṇi kimaṃkuśe vivādaḥ why higgle about a trifling thing when the whole bargain (of which it forms part) has been struck (the goad ought to follow the elephant); saṃniveśya kuśāvatyāṃ ripunāgāṃkuśaṃ kuśaṃ R. 15. 97; (fig.) one who checks, a corrector, governor, director; tyajatitu yadā mohānmārgaṃ tadā gururaṃkuśaḥ Mu. 3. 6; kuśaṃ dviṣāmaṃkuśaṃ R. 16. 81; a restraint or check; niraṃkuśāḥ kavayaḥ poets have free license or are unfettered. —śī one of the 24 Jaina Goddesses. [cf. Germ. angel.] Comp.—grahaḥ an elephant-driver; anvetukāmo'vamatāṃkuśagrahaḥ Śi. 12. 16 —durdharaḥ [tṛ. ta. aṃkuśenaduḥkhena dhāryate] a restive elephant. —dhārinm. a keeper of an elephant. (pb) —mudrā [aṃkuśākārā mudrā] a mark resembling a goad in form (ṛjvīṃ camadhyamāṃ kṛtvā tanmadhyaṃ parvamūlataḥ . tarjanīṃkiṃcidākuṃcet sā mudrāṃkuśasaṃjñitā).