खर

Monier-Williams · khara
khára mf(ā)n. hard, harsh, rough, sharp, pungent, acid (opposed to mṛdú and ślakṣṇá) &c ‖ solid (opposed to drava, fluid) 7-3, 69 on 2-1, 35 and iv, 2, 16 ‖ dense (clouds) vi, 87, 3 ‖ sharp, hot (wind) i, 20, 22 ‖ hurtful, injurious, cutting (as speech or word) &c ‖ sharp-edged ‖ cruel ‖ m. a donkey (so called from his cry) &c ‖ a mule ‖ an osprey ‖ a heron ‖ a crow ‖ a thorny plant (sort of prickly nightshade or perhaps Alhagi Maurorum) ‖ N. of a fragrant substance ‖ a quadrangular mound of earth for receiving the sacrificial vessels (cf. ?) v, 1, 2, 15 ‖ xiv ‖ a place