Amlikā or amlīkā, f. a sour taste in the mouth, acidity of stomach; the tamarind tree; wood sorrel, Oxalis Corniculata. —Amlikā-vaṭaka, as, m. a sort of cake.
amli(mlī)kā1 Sour taste in the mouth, sour eructation. 2 The tamarind tree. 3 Wood-sorrel; also palāśīlatā, śvetāmlikā, and kṣudrāmlikā. Comp.—vaṭakaḥ a sort of cake.
amlikā, amlīkā1 Sour taste in the mouth, sour eructation. -2 The tamarind tree. -3 Wood-sorrel; also palāśīlatā, śvetāmlikā, and kṣudrāmlikā. -Comp. -vaṭakaḥ a sort of cake.
— 2) Tamarindus indica, deren saures Fruchtfleisch genossen und medicinisch gebraucht wird, AK. 2, 4, 2, 24. H. 1143. H. an. MED. AINSLIE, Mat. ind. 1, 426. Vgl. tintiḍī . Nach RĀJAN. im ŚKDR. ausserdem: = palāśīlatā, śvetāmlikā und kṣudrāmlikā .
amlikā (1) TAMARINDUS INDICA LINN. (Ainslie 1, p. 425-428; Avk; Bpn, p. 581; Dgv, nr. 120; Dutt; DWH 1, p. 532-536; Dy, p. 270-272; Gul; HK: amlīkā; Kav; KB 2, p. 887-890; MW; Na 1, nr. 178; Nadk. 1, nr. 2434; PW; Roxb., p. 530; Sanyal; V 1, p. 145; Vśs); (2) OXALIS CORNICULATA LINN. (Ainslie 2, p. 324-326; Chopra; MW; Nadk. 1, nr. 1777) = O. MONADELPHA ROXB. EX WIGHT ET ARN. (Vśs, = cāṅgerī) = O. PUSILLA SALISB. (PW, = kṣudrāmlikā = cāṅgerī); (3) RUMEX DENTATUS LINN. (V 1, p. 63); (4) MANGIFERA INDICA LINN. (Vśs); (5) SPONDIAS MANGIFERA WILLD. (Vśs, = mācikā = āmrātaka); (6) PHYLLANTHUS NIRURI LINN. (KB 3, p. 2225-2227); (7) = palāśīlatā (PW; Vśs); acc. to KB 1, p. 788-789 and Nadk. 1, nr. 397 palāśīlatā is BUTEA SUPERBA ROXB.; (8) Kav (footnote p. 352): “Cakra says (on Ca. Sū. 27, 121) that it is a little shrub growing in Kāmarūpa and its neighbourhood; Gaṅgā- dhara believes that amlikā is otherwise called amlārdraka, a sour va- riety of ginger; the plant is difficult to identify.”