Dictionary Definition:
Lakanaka (nt.?) [fr. lag, with k for g, as lakuṭa: laguḷa etc. Would correspond to Sk. *lagnaka, cp. Trenckner. Notes 62; Geiger, P.Gr. § 391] ship's anchor (nāvā˚) Miln 377 (v. l. lagganaka), 378.