Lalatalekha, Lalāṭalekhā, Lalata-lekha: 4 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryLalāṭalekhā (ललाटलेखा).—the line on the forehead.
Lalāṭalekhā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms lalāṭa and lekhā (लेखा).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryLalāṭalekhā (ललाटलेखा) or Lalāṭarekhā.—f.
(-khā) 1. A line on the forehead, supposed to indicate long life. 2. A wrinkled or corrugated brow. 3. A coloured sectarial mark on the forehead. E. lalāṭa the forehead, rekhā a line.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Lalāṭalekhā (ललाटलेखा):—[=lalāṭa-lekhā] [from lalāṭa] f. the lines written on the f°, [Mahānāṭaka]
2) [v.s. ...] a line-like or very narrow forehead, [Śiśupāla-vadha]
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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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Partial matches: Lalata, Lekha.
Full-text: Lalatarekha.
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