मणिकर्णिका — रत्नजडितः अलङ्कारः।; " मणिकर्णिका कर्णे धार्यते।" (noun)
मणिकर्णिका — {karṇikā} f. an ear-ornament consisting of pearls or jewels##N. of a sacred pool in Benares (also written {-karṇikī} ) 308 ; 438##of a daughter of Caṇḍa-ghosha##{-mahiman} m. N. of wk##{-māhātmya} n. N. of the 22nd ch. of the Uttara-khaṇda of the##{-ṣṭaka} (kilST), n. {-stotra} n. N. of wks