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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for लेप

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. लेपlepaSmearing, plastering, anointing; भूशुद्धिर्मार्जनात् ......... सेकादुल्लेखनाल्लेपात् Y.1.188.

    [लिप्-घञ्]

    1. Smearing, plastering, anointing; भूशुद्धिर्मार्जनात् ......... सेकादुल्लेखनाल्लेपात् Y.1.188.
    2. An unguent, ointment, salve.
    3. A plaster in general (such as whitewash, mortar etc.).
    4. The wipings of the hand (or the remnants of the food sticking to the hand), after offering funeral oblations to the first three ancestors (पितृ, पितामह and प्रपितामह), (these wipings being offered to the three ancestors after the great-grand-father; id est, that is to paternal ancestors in the 4th, 5th and 6th degrees); लेपभाजश्चतुर्थाद्याः पित्राद्याः पिण्डभागिनः.
    5. A spot, stain, defilement, pollution.
    6. Moral impurity, sin.
    7. Food.
    8. Smearing with clay; Latin D. B.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -करः a plaster-maker, white-washer, bricklayer.

    • -भागिन्, -भुज् Masculine a paternal ancestor in the 4th, 5th and 6th degree; तेषुदर्भेषु तं हस्तं निमृज्याल्लेपभागिनाम् Ms.3.216.

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. लेपlepam. the act of smearing, daubing, anointing, plastering Ya1jn5. Ka1v. Pur.
    1. masculine gender the act of smearing, daubing, anointing, plastering Ya1jn5. Ka1v. Pur.
    2. masculine gender anything smeared on, ointment, unguent, plaster MBh. Hariv. Sus3r. etc.
    3. masculine gender a coating of paint etc.
    4. masculine gender spot, stain, impurity (literally and figuratively), any grease or dirt sticking to vessels, (especially) particles or remnants wiped from the hand after offering oblations to three ancestors (these remnants being considered as an oblation to paternal ancestors in the 4th, 5th and 6th degrees) S3rS. Gaut. etc.
    5. masculine gender food, victuals Bhadrab.
    6. masculine gender a kind of disease Car.
    7. लेपन, लेपिन् etc. see page and participle 902, column 3 .
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. लेपlepa[lep-a] m. [√lip] smearing, anointing; ointment, unguent, plaster; spot, stain, im purity, sp. grease adhering…

    [lep-a] masculine [√lip] smearing, anointing; ointment, unguent, plaster; spot, stain, im purity, specifically grease adhering to dishes, hands, etc.; moral taint, sin; food: -ka, masculine plas terer, white-washer, mason; -kara, masculine the same

    Source: Macdonell

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