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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

पतङ्गpataṅgaA bird; नृपः पतङ्गं समधत्त पाणिना N.1.124; Bv.1.17.
[पतन् उत्प्लवन् गच्छति गम्-ड निdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied]
1. A bird; नृपः पतङ्गं समधत्त पाणिना Name1.124; Bv.1.17.
2. The sun; विकसति हि पतङ्गस्योदये पुण्डरीकम् Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)6.12; Mal.1.24; Śi. 1.12; R.2.15.
3. A moth, locust, or grass-hopper; पतङ्गवद्वह्निमुखं विविक्षुः Ku.3.64;4.2; Pt 3.126.
4. A bee.
5. A ball for playing with; योऽसौ त्वया करसरोजहतः पतङ्गः Bhāg.5.2.14.
6. Vedic A spark.
7. A devil.
8. Quicksilver.
9. Name of Kṛiṣṇa
10. A horse.
11. A species of rice.
Derived forms and compounds
- -ङ्गम्
  
  Quicksilver.
  
  A kind of sandal wood.
In the Gita11·29

यथा प्रदीप्तं ज्वलनं पतंगा

yathā pradīptaṁ jvalanaṁ pataṅgā — As a swarm of moths with ever-increasing speed fall to their destruction into a fire that someone has kindled, so now the nations with ever-increasing… 11·29
- पतङ्गाःpataṅgāḥnominative plural of the masculine noun pataṅga (moth).
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पतङ्गमpataṅgama1 A bird.
1. 1 A bird.
2. A moth; अलक्षितोऽग्नौ पतितः पतङ्गमः Bhāg.7.8.24.
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पतङ्गिकाpataṅgikā1 A small bird.
1. 1 A small bird.
2. A kind of small bee; पतङ्गिकानां पुच्छेषु त्वयेषीका प्रवेशिता । कर्मणस्तस्य ते प्राप्तं फलमेतत्तपो- धन ॥ Mb.1.18.11.
3. A bow-string; Latin D. B.; also पतञ्चिका; Gīrvāṇa.
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पतङ्गिन्pataṅginm.A bird.

A bird.

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