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    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 17, col. 3.
    aṃkuśaḥ [aṃk-lakṣaṇe uśac Uṇ. 4. 107] A hook, a goad; Proverb: vikrīte kariṇi 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; tyajati tu 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. aṃkuśena duḥkhena dhāryate] a restive elephant.

    dhārin m. a keeper of an elephant. (pb)

    mudrā [aṃkuśākārā mudrā] a mark resembling a goad in form (ṛjvīṃ ca madhyamāṃ kṛtvā tanmadhyaṃ parvamūlataḥ . tarjanīṃ kiṃcidākuṃcet sā mudrāṃkuśasaṃjñitā).