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    See also aṃdhikā.


    Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 39.
    andhikā f. (-kā)

    1 Night.

    2 Gambling.

    3 A small kind of mustard. See sarṣapa.

    4 A woman.

    5 A disease of the eye.

    E. andha dark or blind, and kan affix in the fem. form.

    Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 31, col. 2.
    andhikā (kā) 1. f. Night; blind-
    ness; gambling.

    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 133, col. 1.
    andhikā see s. v. andhaka.

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

    p. 45, col. 3.
    Andhikā, f. night; a kind of game, blindman's

    buff; a woman of a particular character; one of the

    classes of women; a disease of the eye; another dis-

    ease; see sarṣapī.

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

    p. 45, col. 1.
    andhikā f. night, L.
    p. 45, col. 1.
    a kind of game (blindman's buff), L.
    p. 45, col. 1.
    a woman of a particular character (one of the classes of women), L.
    p. 45, col. 1.
    a disease of the eye, L.
    p. 45, col. 1.
    another disease, L.
    p. 45, col. 1.
    = sarṣapī, L.

    Śabdasāgara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 33, col. 1.
    andhikā

    f. (-kā)

    1. Night.

    2. Gambling.

    3. A small kind of mustard. See
    sarṣapa.

    4. A woman.

    5. A disease of the eye.

    E. andha dark or blind,
    and kan affix in the fem. form.

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    vol. 1, p. 128.
    andhikā [andh-ṇvul] 1 Night. -2 A kind of game or sport, probably blindman's buff; gambling (tayā hi janaḥ andha iva vivekaśūnyaḥ kriyate Tv.). -3 A woman of a particular character, one of the classes of women. -4 A disease of the eye. -5 = sarṣapī, = siddhā q. v. (asyā atyantasevanāt dṛṣṭikṣayo jāyate iti vaidyakaprasiddhiḥ).

    Burnouf Dictionnaire Sanscrit-Français

    p. 29, col. 2.
    andhikā andhikā f. (andha) obscurité, nuit.

    Amaurose.

    Jeu.

    Femme.

    Esp. de moutarde.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    vol. 1, p. 258.
    andhikā (von andha) f.

    1) Nacht MED. k. 45.

    — 2) ein besonderes Spiel (vgl. Blindekuh) H. an. 3, 6 (kaitave). MED. (dyūtabhede) .

    — 3) eine besondere Art Frauenzimmer (strīviśeṣa) ŚABDAR. im ŚKDR.

    — 4) eine besondere Augenkrankheit ibid.

    — 5) = sarṣapī H. an. 3, 6.

    — 6) = siddha oder siddhā ibid.

    Vācaspatyam

    p. 211, col. 1.
    andhikā strī andhayati andhapreraṇe ṇic ṇvul . dyūta-
    krīḍāyām tayā hi janaḥ andhaiva vivekaśūnyaḥ kriyate .
    sarṣapyāñca tasyāścātyantasevanāt dṛṣṭikṣayaḥ vaidyakaprasiddhaḥ .

    Śabdakalpadruma

    vol. 1, p. 57.
    andhikā , strī, (andha + ṇvul striyāṃ ṭāp .) dyūta-
    viśeṣaḥ . rātriḥ . iti medinī .. sarṣapī . iti
    hemacandraḥ .. strīviśeṣaḥ . cakṣūrogaviśeṣaḥ . iti
    śabdaratnāvalī ..