kaṭu mf(vii and us)n. (Uṇ. i, 9
• √2. kṛt) pungent, acrid, sharp (one of the six kinds of flavour, rasa, q.v.) MBh. Suśr. Bhag. &c
• pungent, stimulating (as smell), strong-scented, ill-smelling MBh. xiv Ragh. v, 48 R. &c
• bitter, caustic (as words) displeasing, disagreeable (as sounds)
• fierce, impetuous, hot, envious Ragh. vi, 85 Pañcat. &c
• (us), m. pungency, acerbity (as of a flavour) L. ; [Lith. kartus, 'bitter']
• Trichosanthes Dioeca Suśr
• Michelia Campaka L
• N. of several other plants L
• a kind of camphor L
• (us and vii), f. N. of several plants
• (u), n. an improper action, an act which ought not to have been done
• blaming, reviling, scandal W