íriṇa n. (√ṛ, 'to go' Uṇ. ii, 51
• connected with irā), a water-course
• a rivulet, well RV.
• any excavation in the ground, a hollow, hole AV. TS. ŚBr. KātyŚr.
• a dice-board RV. x, 34, 1
• a desert, an inhospitable region
• a bare plain, barren soil
• salt soil Mn. Yājñ. MBh. &c