káṭuka mf(ā and ī)n. sharp, pungent, bitter
• fierce, impetuous, hot, bad RV. x, 85, 34 MBh. Kathās. &c
• m. N. of several plants L
• N. of a man
• (ā, ī), f. N. of several plants L
• (am), n. pungency, acerbity MBh. ii
• (ifc. in a bad sense, e.g. dadhi-kaṭuka m. bad coagulated milk Pāṇ. 6-2, 126)
• N. of a plant L
• an aggregate of three pungent substances ( -traya) L