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Results for चेलम्

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Apte Dictionary

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

चेलम्celam1 A garment; कुसुम्भारुणं चारु चेलं वसाना Jagannātha.
1. 1 A garment; कुसुम्भारुणं चारु चेलं वसाना Jagannātha.
2. (At the end of comp.) Bad, wicked, vile; भार्याचेलम् 'a bad wife.' -Compound
Derived forms and compounds
- -आशकः a moth.
- -क्नोपम् Indeclinable So as to wet the clothes (rain) Parasmaipada III.4.33.
- -गङ्गा Name of a river near Gokarṇa.
- -चीरा a piece torn off from a garment; विपन्नं गलमुद्बध्य दृढया चेलचीरया Rāj. T.4.574.
- -निर्णेजकः, -प्रक्षालकः a washerman; श्ववतां शौण्डिकानां च चेलनिर्णेजकस्य च Ms.4.216.
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कचेलम्kacelamA string or cover containing and keeping together the leaves of a manuscript.

A string or cover containing and keeping together the leaves of a manuscript.

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प्रचेलम्pracelamYellow sandal-wood.

Yellow sandal-wood.

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