araviṃdaṃ

araviṃdaṃ [arān cakrāṃgānīva patrāṇi viṃdate viṃd śa P. III. 1. 138 Vārt.]

1 A lotus (it is one of the 5 arrows of Cupid; see under paṃcabāṇa); śakyamaraviṃdasurabhiḥ Ś. 3. 7. It is a sun lotus; cf. sūryāṃśubhirbhinnamivāraviṃdaṃ Ku. 1. 32; sthala°, caraṇa°, mukha° &c.

2 Also a red or blue lotus.

— daḥ

1 The (Indian) crane.

2 Copper.

Comp.

— akṣa a. lotus-eyed, an epithet of Viṣṇu.

— dalaprabhaṃ copper.

— nābhiḥ,

— bhaḥ N. of Viṣṇu, from whose navel sprang the lotus which supported Brahmā; hṛdaye madīye devaścakāstu bhagavānaraviṃdanābhaḥ Bv. 4. 8.

— sad m. N. of Brahmā.