रेखाrekhāA line, streak; मदरेखा, दानरेखा, रागरेखा &c.
[लिख्-अच् लस्य]
- A line, streak; मदरेखा, दानरेखा, रागरेखा etc.
- The measure of a line, small portion, as much as a line; न रेखामात्रमपि व्यतीयुः R.1.17.
- A row, range, line, series; मुदाश्रु मोक्ष्यसे क्षिप्रं मेघरेखेव वार्षिकी Rām.2.44.27.
- Delineation, sketch, drawing; लावण्यरेखया किंचिदन्वितम् Ś.6.13.
- The first or prime meridian of the Indian astronomers drawn from Laṅkā to Meru and passing through Ujjayinī.
- Fulness, satisfaction.
- Deceit, fraud.
- A straight position of all limbs in dancing.
Derived forms and compounds
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-अंशः a degree of longitude.
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-अन्तरम् distance east or west from the first meridian, longitude of a place.
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-आकार Adjective lineal, formed in lines, striped.
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-गणितम् geometry.
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-न्यासः the marking down of lines.
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-मात्रम् Indeclinable even by a line.