trika

[apte] a. [trayāṇāṃ saṃghaḥ kan] 1 Triple, three-fold. --2 Forming a triad. --3 Three per cent. --4 Happening the third time. --kaṃ 1 A triad. --2 A place where three roads meet. --3 The lower part of the spine, the part about the hips; trike sthūlatā Pt. 1. 190; kaścidvivṛttatrikabhinnahāraḥ R. 6. 16. --4 The part between the shoulder- blades. --5 The three spices. --kā --1 A contrivance for raising water (like a wheel)...