stoká m. (accord. to some for skota fr. √ścut

• Nir. ii, 1) a drop (of water &c.) RV. AV. Br. ŚrS. BhP

• a spark ( See agni-st○)

• the Cātaka bird L

• mf(ā)n. little, small, short (ibc. and am ind. 'a little, slightly, gradually'

• bahutaram-stokam, 'more-than'

• stokena na, 'not in the least'

• stokena and stokāt in comp. with a p.p. = 'hardly', 'with some difficulty', 'only just', 'a little while ago' [Pāṇ. 2-1, 39 ; 3, 33]) MBh. Kāv. &c