ahika

1. ahika, as, m. a blind snake, not venomous,

see andhāhika; (ā), f., N. of the silk-cotton tree,

Bombax Heptaphyllum Salmalia Malabarica. (For 2.

ahika, see below.)

ahika 2 . ahika, as, ā, am (fr. ahan, q. v.),

is found at the end of a few compounds in the sense

of lasting a certain number of days, e. g. daśāhika,

lasting for ten days. See 1. ahika above.

1. ahika (von ahi)

1) m. s. andhāhika .

— 2) f. ā N. eines Baumes, Salmalia malabarica Sch. u. Endl. (śālmalī), ŚABDAC. im ŚKDR.

2. ahika (āhika?) adj. von aha Tag am Ende eines adj. comp.: pañcadaśāhikaḥ 15 Tage während YĀJÑ. 3, 323.