○vaṇa ( -vana), n. a thicket or clump of reeds MBh. R. Kathās. Suśr.

• -bhava (with deva Megh.), ○ṇâlaya (cf. MBh.) or ○ṇôdbhava (cf. ib.), m. 'born in a thicket of reeds', N. of Kārttikeya