hastinaKa | हस्तिनKअ | hastinaKa
hasti—naKa | हस्ति—नKअ | m. ‘elephant's nail’, a sort of turret or raised mound of earth or masonry protecting the access to the gate of a city or fort (described as furnished with an inner staircase and with loopholes for discharging arrows &c.), Śiś.