Alternative spellings of this word include Alekhan.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ālekhana (आलेखन).—a. Scratching, painting.

-nī A brush, pencil.

-nam 1 Writing.

2) Painting.

3) Scratching.

-naḥ Name of an old authority quoted by Jaimini; MS.6.5.17.

Derivable forms: ālekhanam (आलेखनम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ālekhana (आलेखन).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. Writing. 2. Painting. f. (-nī) A brush, a pencil. E. āṅa before likh to write, affix lyuṭ.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ālekhana (आलेखन).—[neuter] scratching, painting.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

1) Ālekhana (आलेखन) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—Quoted in Āśvalāyanaśrautasūtra Vi, 10, 29.

2) Ālekhana (आलेखन):—an ancient sage, whose opinions on ritual are contrasted, just as in the Āśvalāyanaśrautasūtra, with those of Āśmarathya. Āpastambaśrautasūtra V, 29, 14. Ix. 3, 15. 4, 9. 6, 3. 10, 12. 16, 6. 19, 14. X, 16, 4. Xiv, 13, 8. 22, 13.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Ālekhana (आलेखन):—[=ā-lekhana] [from ā-likh] a n. scratching, scraping

2) [v.s. ...] marking out by scratches

3) [v.s. ...] painting

4) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a teacher, [Āśvalāyana-śrauta-sūtra]

5) [=ā-lekhana] b See ā-√likh.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ālekhana (आलेखन):—[ā-lekhana] (naṃ) 1. n. Writing, painting. 3. f. A paint brush.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Ālekhana (आलेखन) [Also spelled alekhan]:—(nm) writing; painting; plotting (of a graph); ~[khanakalā] graphic art; hence~[khya] (nm).

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Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Ālekhana (आलेखन):—n. 1. an act of making sketch; drawing picture; 2. act of writing; 3. transcription;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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Partial matches: Lekhana, A.

Ends with: Agralekhana, Anamgalekhana, Apalekhana, Avalekhana, Duralekhana, Hatthapalekhana, Kalalekhana, Masaudalekhana, Patimokkhalekhana, Puralekhana, Sthula-alekhana, Sukhalekhana, Sukshma-alekhana, Sutralekhana, Svatantralekhana, Uktalekhana, Varnalekhana.

Full-text: Alekhan, Sookshm-aalekhan, Alekhani, Alikhana, Ashmarathya.

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