पावक mfn. (
-कः-की-कं) Who or what renders pure, a purifier, purifica- tory.
m. (
-कः)
1. fire, or its deified personification.
2. Social fire, one lighted in common.
3. A fire lighted on taking possession of a house.
4. A saint, a person purified by religious abstraction. 5. A tree, the wood of which is used to procure fire by attrition, (Premna, spinosa.)
6. Leadwort, (Plumbago zeylanica.)
7. Marking nut plant, (Semicarpus anacardium.)
8. A vermifuge plant.
9. A flash of lightning.
10. The number “three”: see
विडङ्ग. f. (
-की) Wife of AGNI.
E. पू to purify,
ण्वुल् aff.