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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

कज्जलम्kajjalamLampblack or soot, considered as a collyrium and applied to the eyelashes or eyelids medicinally, or sometimes…
[कुत्सितं जलमस्मात्प्रभवति, कोः कदादेशः]
1. Lampblack or soot, considered as a collyrium and applied to the eyelashes or eyelids medicinally, or sometimes as an ornament; यथा यथा चेयं चपला दीप्यते तथा तथा दीप- शिखेव कज्जलमलिनमेव कर्म केवलमुद्वमति K.15; अद्यापि तां विधृत- कज्जललोलनेत्राम् Ch. Parasmaipada15; denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedकालिमा Amaru.88.
2. Sulphuret of lead or antimony (used as a collyrium.)
3. (Figurative) Dregs; धिङ् मां विगर्हितं सद्भिर्दुष्कृतं कुलकज्जलम् Bhāg.6. 2.27.
4. Ink.
Derived forms and compounds
- -ला (-ली) A kind of fish.
- -ली
  
  Sulphuret of mercury, æthiop's mineral.
  
  Ink.
- -ध्वजः a lamp.
- -रोचकः, -कम् the wooden stand on which a lamp is placed.
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