सूचि [ sūci ] [ sūci ] f. ( prob. to be connected with [ sūtra ] , [ syūta ] fr. √ [ siv ] , " to sew " cf. [ sūkṣma ] ; in Lit. R. once [ sūcinā ] instr.) , a needle or any sharp-pointed instrument (e.g. " a needle used in surgery " , " a magnet " ) Lit. RV.

  the sharp point or tip of anything or any pointed object Lit. Kāv. Lit. Car. Lit. BhP.

  a rail or balustrade Lit. DivyA7v.

  a small door-bolt Lit. L.

  " sharp file or column " , a kind of military array (accord. to Lit. Kull. on Lit. Mn. vii , 187, " placing the sharpest and most active soldiers in front " ) Lit. Mn. Lit. MBh. Lit. Kām.

  an index , table of contents (in books printed in India ; cf. [ -pattra ] below)

  a triangle formed by the sides of a trapezium produced till they meet Lit. Col.

  a cone , pyramid Lit. ib.

  (in astron) the earth's disc in computing eclipses (or " the corrected diameter of the earth " ) Lit. Sūryas.

  gesticulation , dramatic action Lit. L.

  a kind of coitus Lit. L.

  sight , seeing (= [ dṛṣṭi ] ) Lit. L.

  [ sūci ] m. ( only [ sūci ] ) the son of Nishāda and a Vaiśyā Lit. L.

  a maker of winnowing baskets ( cf. [ sūnā ] ) Lit. L.