airāvatá m. (fr. irā-vat), a descendant of Irā-vat

• N. of a Nāga or mythical serpent AV. viii, 10, 29 TāṇdyaBr. MBh.Hariv. &c

• 'produced from the ocean', N. of Indra's elephant (considered as the prototype of the elephant race and the supporter of the east quarter

• cf. nāga, which means also elephant and serpent) MBh. Ragh.Megh. &c.

• a species of elephant R. ii, 70, 23

• the tree Artocarpus Lacucha

• the orange tree L.

• N. of a particular portion of the moon's path

• of a form of the sun VP. MBh.

• (as, am), m. n. a kind of rainbow MBh. Ragh. &c

• (ī), f. the female of Indra's elephant

• N. of a river MBh.

• lightning L.

• a species of fern Suśr.

• (ī, ā), f. a particular portion of the moon's path (including the lunar mansions Punarvasu, Pushya, and Āślesha) VarBṛS.

• (am), n. the fruit of Artocarpus Lacucha Suśr.

• N. of a Varsha MBh.