मशक [मश्-वुन्]
1 A mosquito, gnat; सर्वं खलस्य चरितं मशकः करोति H. 1. 81; Ms. 1. 85.
2 A particular disease of the skin.
3 A leather water-bag.
4 N. of a district in Śākadvīpa inhabited by Kṣatriyas.
−Comp.
−कुटिः −टी f.,
−वरणं a whisk for scaring away mosquitos.
−हरी a mosquito-curtain.