aṃkuraḥ

aṃkuraḥ raṃ [aṃk-urc Uṇ. 1. 38]

1 A sprout, shoot, blade; darbhāṃkureṇa caraṇaḥ kṣataḥ Ś. 2. 10; oft. in comp. in the sense of ‘pointed’, ‘sharp’ &c.; makaravaktradaṃṣṭāṃkurāt Bh. 2. 4 pointed jaws; nṛsiṃhasya nakhāṃkurā iva K. 4 pointed nails; kuraṃṭakavipāṃḍuraṃ dadhati dhāma dīpāṃkurāḥ Vb. 4. 1; pataṃgapavanavyāloladīpāṃkuracchāyācaṃcalaṃ Bh. 3. 68 unsteady like the pointed flame of a lamp; (fig.) scion, offspring, progeny; anena kasyāpi kulāṃkureṇa Ś. 7. 19 sprout or child of some one; anvayāṃkuraṃ Dk. 6.

2 Water.

3 Blood.

4 A hair.

5 A tumour, swelling.