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कवच mn. mn. (√ 3.कु, [Uṇ. iv, 2]; [Nir. v, 25]) g. अर्धर्चा-दि, armour, cuirass, a coat of mail, [ŚBr. xii, 2, 2, 7]; KātyŚr. xiii, 3, 10; [MBh.]; [R.] &c. any covering f. a corset, jacket, [Kāṭh. xxxiv, 5] ([ifc. f(आ). ]), [Pāṇ. 3-2, 129] bark, rind, [Śārṅg.] कवच m. m. a war-drum, a kettle-drum, [L.] कवच n. n. a piece of bark or birch-leaf or any substance inscribed with mystical words and carried about as an amulet, any amulet, charm, [W.] हुम् a mystical syllable (such as , or हूम्) forming part of a मन्त्र used as an amulet ([cf. बीज]), [W.] कवच m. m. the tree Oldenlandia herbacea, [Bhpr.] the tree Hibiscus Populneoides, [L.]
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