As a Hindi name
वेधनिका · noun · feminine
वह औजार जिससे मणियों आदि में छेद करते हों — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a sharp-pointed perforating instrument (esp. for piercing jewels or shells), auger, awl, gimlet &c.
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Dictionary citations
vedhanikā f. a sharp-pointed perforating instrument (esp. for piercing jewels or shells), auger, awl, gimlet &c., L.
vedhanikā A sharp-pointed instrument for perforating shells and jewels, a gimblet.
vedhanikā f. (-kā) A small-pointed perforating instrument, used especially to make holes in jewels, pearls, shells, &c., an augre, an awl, a gimblet, &c. E. kan added to vedhana as above.
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