varāṭaka m. a cowry, Cypraea Moneta (= 1/20 of a Kakiṇī or of a Paṇa) Kāv. Kathās. Sāh. &c. (also ikā f.)

• the seed vessel of a lotus-flower Naish

• a rope, cord, string (only ifc., with f. ā) MBh. xii, 2488, vḷ. varārakā

• (ikā), f. Mirabilis Jalapa L

• n. a partic. vegetable poison Suśr