Patrabhangi, Patrabhaṅgi, Patra-bhangi, Patrabhaṅgī: 2 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Patrabhaṅgi (पत्रभङ्गि) or Patrabhaṅgī (पत्रभङ्गी).—f.

1) drawing lines or figures of painting on the face and person with fragrant and coloured substances, such as musk, saffron, sandal-juice, yellow pigment &c., as a mark of decoration; कस्तूरीवरपत्रभङ्गनिकरो मृष्टो न गण्डस्थले (kastūrīvarapatrabhaṅganikaro mṛṣṭo na gaṇḍasthale) Ś. Til.7. (used frequently in K.).

2) leaves or leafy branches fed to elephants; Mātaṅga L.9.1.

Derivable forms: patrabhaṅgiḥ (पत्रभङ्गिः).

Patrabhaṅgi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms patra and bhaṅgi (भङ्गि). See also (synonyms): patrabhaṅga.

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

Patrabhaṅgi (पत्रभङ्गि).—see s. v. bhaṅga.

Patrabhaṅgi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms patra and bhaṅgi (भङ्गि).

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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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