phalaka (ifc., f. ikā) = phala, fruit, result, gain (-tva n.) Kull. on Mn. ii, 146

• menstruation (cf. nava-phalikā)

• (phálaka), n. (m., g. ardharcâdi

• ifc. f. ā) a board, lath, plank, leaf. bench Br. GṛŚrS., &c

• a slab or tablet (for writing or painting on

• also = page, leaf) Kāv. Yājñ. Sch. Lalit.

• a picture (= citra-ph○). Mṛicch. iv, 3/4

• a gamingboard (cf. śāri-ph○)

• a wooden bench MBh.

• a slab at the base (of a pedestal

• cf. sphaṭika-ph○)

• any flat surface (often in comp. with parts of the body, applied to broad flat bones, cf. aṃsa-, phaṇā-, lalāṭa-ph○ &c.)

• the palm of the hand ŚBr.

• the buttocks L.

• the top or head of an arrow Kull. on Mn. vii, 90

• a shield MBh.

• bark (as a material for clothes) MBh. Hariv.

• the pericarp of a lotus Śiś.

• = -yantra Gol.

• a layer W.

• the stand on which a monk keeps his turban Buddh.

• m. Mesua Roxburghī L.

• (ā or ikā), f. See below