Angulitarana, Aṅgulitāraṇa, Anguli-tarana, Aṅgulītāraṇa: 1 definition

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[«previous next»] — Angulitarana in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Aṅgulitāraṇa (अङ्गुलितारण) or Aṅgulītāraṇa (अङ्गुलीतारण).—[aṅguleḥ toraṇamiva kṛtam] a mark on the forehead of the form of the half moon made with sandal &c.

Derivable forms: aṅgulitāraṇam (अङ्गुलितारणम्), aṅgulītāraṇam (अङ्गुलीतारणम्).

Aṅgulitāraṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms aṅguli and tāraṇa (तारण). See also (synonyms): aṅguritāraṇa.

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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.

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