प्रकाण्ड mn. (
-ण्डः-ण्डं)
1. The stem of a tree, the part between the root and the branches.
2. A branch, a shoot.
3. Excellence, happiness, (or used as an attributive without admitting variation of gender,) excellent, best, happy.
E. प्र implying excess or superiority,
कम् to desire, aff.
ड, and the penultimate vowel made long by special rule.