bhiṅkāra

Bhiṅkāra1

(& ˚gāra) a water jar, a (nearly always golden) vase, ceremonial vessel (in donations) Vin.i.39 (sovaṇṇa-maya); DN.ii.172; AN.iv.210 = AN.iv.214 (T. ˚gāra, variant reading ˚kāra); Cp.i.3#5; Ja.i.85 Ja.i.93; Ja.ii.371; Ja.iii.10 (suvaṇṇa˚); Dpvs.xi.32; Pv-a.75 Kp-a.175 (suvaṇṇa˚; variant reading BB ˚gāra), Sdhp.513 (soṇṇa˚).

cp. late Sk. bhṛngāra

Bhiṅkāra2

cheers, cries of delight (?) Bv.i.35 (+ sādhu kāra).

?

Bhiṅkāra3

a bird: Lanius caerulescens Ja.v.416.

cp. Sk. bhṛnga bee, bhṛngaka & bhṛnga-rājā