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    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 50, col. 1.
    adrikā f. (-kā) An Apsaras or heavenly nymph, the wife

    of Amāvasu and mother of Satyavatī. E. adri, taddh. aff.

    kan and fem. aff. ṭāp.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    p. 19, col. 3.
    Adrikā, f., N. of an Apsaras.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    p. 19, col. 2.
    adrikā f. N. of an Apsaras.

    Stchoupak Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    p. 21, col. 1.
    adrikā- f. n. d'une Apsaras.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    vol. 1, p. 134.
    adrikā (von adri) f. N. pr. einer Apsaras VYĀḌI zu H. 183. HARIV. 958. 14163. LIA. I, 606; vgl. adrikṛtasthalī .
    vol. 5, p. 969.
    adrikā MBH. 1, 2388. fgg.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    vol. 1, p. 30, col. 3.
    adrikā f.

    — 1) *Koriander NIGH. PR.

    — 2) N.pr. einer Apsaras.

    Index to the Names in the Mahābhārata

    p. 16, col. 1.
    Adrikā, an Apsaras, cursed by Brahmán to become a fish;

    when dwelling in the Yamunā river she drank the semen of

    Uparicara, was caught by a fisherman, and gave birth to

    Matsya and Satyavatī. § 76: I, 63, 2388—9.—§ 191

    (Arjuna): 123, 4817 (with other Apsarases she sings and

    dances at the birth of Arjuna).

    The Purāṇa Index

    vol. 1, p. 45.
    Adrikā — an apsaras with whom Amāvasu sported.1

    Living in the Acchoda lake.2 [Footnote] 1) Br. III. 7. 7; 10. 57 & 68. [Footnote] 2) Vā. 69. 6; 73. 3.

    Puranic Encyclopedia

    p. 4, col. 2.
    ADRIKĀ . A nymph (devastrī). There is a story in

    Devībhāgavata about her being cursed by a Brahmin

    and turned into a fish.