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Apte Dictionary

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

वक्त्रम्vaktramThe mouth.
[वक्ति अनेन वच्-करणे ष्ट्रन् Uṇ.4.177]
1. The mouth.
2. The face; यद्वक्त्रं मुहुरीक्षसे न धनिनां ब्रूषे न चाटून् मृषा Bh.3.147.
3. Snout, muzzle, beak.
4. Beginning.
5. The point (of an arrow), the spout of a vessel.
6. A sort of garment.
7. Name of a metre similar toanuṣṭubh; see S. D.567; Kāv.1.26.
8. The first term of a progression.
Derived forms and compounds
- -आसवः saliva.
- -खुरः a tooth.
- -जः
  
  a tooth.
  
  a Brāhmaṇa.
- -तालम् a musical instrument played with the mouth.
- -तुण्डः Name of Gaṇeṣa.
- -दलम् the palate.
- -पटः a veil.
- -पट्टः a bag of corn tied round a horse's neck.
- -परिस्पन्दः speech.
- -भेदिन् Adjective pungent, sharp.
- -रन्ध्रम् the aperture of the mouth.
- -वासः an orange.
- -शोधनम्
  
  cleansing the mouth.
  
  lime, citron.
- -शोधिन् Neuter a citron. (-Masculine) a citron tree.
Source: ApteApte entry

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

प्रतिवक्त्रम्prativaktramind. on every face Hcat.

indeclinable on every face Hcat.

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