tvac | त्वच् | tvac

1. tvac | त्वच् | cl. 6. ˚cati | ˚चति |, to cover, Dhātup.
2. tva/c | त्व/च् | f. skin (of men, serpents &c.), hide (of goats, cows &c.), RV. &c. (kfśṛā/ | क्फ़्शृआ/ |, ‘the black man’, i, 130, 8)
a cow's hide (used in pressing out the Soma), i, iii, ix; VS. xix, 82
a leather bag, RV. v, 33, 7
(fig. ‘a cloud’) i & ix
bark, rind, peel, RV. &c.
Cassia bark, VarBṛS. lxxvii, 6; 12; 24; 32
cinnamon, cinnamon tree, L.
a cover (of a horse), RV. viii, 1, 32
surface (of the earth), i, 145, 5; x, 68, 4; AV. vi, 21, 1; TBr. i, 5, 5, 4
with kfśṛā/ | क्फ़्शृआ/ | or a/siknī | अ/सिक्नी |, ‘the black cover’, darkness, RV. ix, 41, 1 and 73, 5
a mystical N. of the letter ya | य |, RāmatUp. i, 77.

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