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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. तिलकtilakaA species of tree with beautiful flowers; Rām.2.94.9; आक्रान्ता तिलकक्रियापि तिलकैर्लीनद्विरेफाञ्जनैः M.3,5; न…

    [तिल्-क्वुन्, तिल इवार्थे स्वल्पे वा कन् वा]

    1. A species of tree with beautiful flowers; Rām.2.94.9; आक्रान्ता तिलकक्रियापि तिलकैर्लीनद्विरेफाञ्जनैः M.3,5; न खलु शोभयति स्म वनस्थलीं न तिलकस्तिलकः प्रमदामिव R.9.41. Kālidāsa describes the beauty of this tree as being akin to that of the saffron-mark on the forehead of a woman. The name suggests a relation to tila. the sesame plant, Sesamum indicum Linn. Now this plant has got flowers that have got a very pretty appearance. It is a shrub and not a tree. It grows four to five feet in height. Its flower has five petals. The lower petal is the longest. In wild variety there is a promiment spot on the longest petal which is highly suggestive of the saffron-mark on the forehead of a woman.
    2. A freckle or natural mark under the skin.
    3. The sesamum tree. कः, कम् A mark made with sandalwood or unguents etc.; मुखे मधुश्री- स्तिलकं प्रकाश्य Ku.3.3; कस्तूरिकातिलकमालि विधाय सायम् Bv.2.4;1.121.
    4. The ornament of anything (used at the end of comp. in the sense of 'best', 'chief' or 'distinguished'); कुलdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied; जीवलोकdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied Māl.9.21; यस्य न विपदि विषादः संपदि हर्षो रणे न भीरुत्वम् । तं भुवनत्रयतिलकं जनयति जननी सुतं विरलम् ॥ Pt.1.15.
    5. The burden of a song (ध्रुवक).

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -का A kind of necklace.

    • -कम्

      1. The bladder.
      2. The right lung.
      3. A kind of salt.
      4. A kind of disease, the appearance of dark spots on the skin without any inflammation.
      5. Alliteration.

    • -आश्रयः the forehead.

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  2. अरण्येतिलकaraṇyetilakaWild sesamum yielding no oil; (fig. anything which does not answer to one's expectation.)

    [ParasmaipadaII.1.44]

    Wild sesamum yielding no oil; (Figurative anything which does not answer to one's expectation.)

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. तिलकtilaka[tíla-ka] m. a tree; freckle, mole; coloured mark on the forehead (always here in the case of women) or…

    [tíla-ka] masculine a tree; freckle, mole; coloured mark on the forehead (always here in the case of women) or elsewhere, as an orna ment or sectarian distinction; masculine ornament of (--˚); noun; neuter alliteration; a metre: -ka, masculine noun

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  2. एणतिलकeṇatilaka[ena-tilaka] m. moon.

    [ena-tilaka] masculine moon.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. तिलकtilakam. (g. स्थूला*दि) Clerodendrum phlomoides (Symplocos racemosa L.) MBh. &c.
    1. masculine gender (gaRa स्थूला*दि) Clerodendrum phlomoides (Symplocos racemosa Lexicographers) MBh. etc.
    2. masculine gender a freckle (compared to a sesamum -seed) VarBr2S. l, 9; lii, 10 Katha1s.
    3. masculine gender a kind of skin-eruption Lexicographers
    4. masculine gender (in music) Name of a Dhruvaka ध्रुवक
    5. masculine gender a kind of horse Lexicographers
    6. masculine gender Name of a prince of Kampana1 कम्पना Ra1jat. viii, 577 ff
    7. masculine gender (neuter gender Pan5cad. ii, 57) a mark on the forehead (made with coloured earths, sandal-wood, or unguents, either as an ornament or a sectarial distinction) Ya1jn5. i, 293 MBh. iii, 11591 R. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ)., iii) etc.
    8. masculine gender the ornament of anything (in compound) Pan5cat. i, 1, 92 Katha1s. etc. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ). Ra1jat. iii, 375)
    9. neuter gender the same Lexicographers
    10. neuter gender the right lung Lexicographers
    11. neuter gender black sochal salt Lexicographers
    12. neuter gender alliteration Ra1jat.
    13. neuter gender a metre of 4 x 6 syllables
    14. neuter gender Equivalent to त्रि-श्लोकी Lexicographers
    15. neuter gender a kind of observance Ka1lanirn2. Introduction 12
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  2. अतिलक्ष्मीatilakṣmīmfn. very prosperous
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective very prosperous
    2. feminine (ईस्) extraordinary prosperity.
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  3. अरण्येतिलकaraṇyetilakam. pl. "wild, sesamum growing in a forest and containing no oil", anything which disappoints expectation…

    masculine gender plural "wild, sesamum growing in a forest and containing no oil", anything which disappoints expectation Pa1n2. 2-1, 44 Scholiast or Commentator and vi, 3, 9 Scholiast or Commentator

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  4. ऊर्ध्वतिलकūrdhvatilakan. an upright or perpendicular sectarian mark on the forehead.

    neuter gender an upright or perpendicular sectarian mark on the forehead.

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  5. ऊर्ध्वतिलकिन्ūrdhvatilakinmfn. having the above mark.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having the a reference to some preceeding word (not necessarily in the same page) mark.

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  6. एणतिलकeṇatilakam. "deer-marked", the moon L.

    masculine gender "deer-marked", the moon Lexicographers

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