Apte Dictionary

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Entry लेखा

लेखाlekhāA line, streak; कान्तिर्भ्रुवोरायत- लेखयोर्या Ku.1.47;7.16; Ki.16.2; Me.46; विद्युल्लेखा, फेनलेखा, मदलेखा &c.
[लिख्-अ टाप्]
1. A line, streak; कान्तिर्भ्रुवोरायत- लेखयोर्या Ku.1.47;7.16; Ki.16.2; Me.46; विद्युल्लेखा, फेनलेखा, मदलेखा etc.
2. A stroke, furrow, row, stripe.
3. Writing, drawing lines, delineation, painting; पाणिर्लेखाविधिषु नितरां वर्तते किं करोमि Māl.1.35.
4. The moon's crescent, a streak of the moon; लब्धोदया चान्द्रमसीव लेखा Ku.1.25;2.34; Ki.5.44.
5. A figure, likeness, an impression, a mark; उषसि सयावकसव्यपादलेखा Ki.5.4.
6. Hem, border, edge, skirt.
7. The crest.
Derived forms and compounds
- -वलयः, -यम् an encircling line.
- -संधिः the point where the eyebrows meet.
- -स्थवृत्त Adjective conforming to prescription; Charaka.
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