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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vilikh (विलिख्).—6 P.

1) To write, inscribe.

2) To draw, paint, delineate, portray; विलिखति रहसि कुरङ्गमदेन भवन्तमसम- शरभूतम् (vilikhati rahasi kuraṅgamadena bhavantamasama- śarabhūtam) Gītagovinda 4.

3) To scratch, scrape, tear up; निघ्नन् प्रोथेन पृथिवीं विलिखंश्चरणैरपि (nighnan prothena pṛthivīṃ vilikhaṃścaraṇairapi) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.167.19; मन्दं शब्दायमानो विलिखति शयनादुत्थितः क्ष्मां खुरेण (mandaṃ śabdāyamāno vilikhati śayanādutthitaḥ kṣmāṃ khureṇa) K. P.1; व्यलिखच्चञ्चुपुटेन पक्षती (vyalikhaccañcupuṭena pakṣatī) N.2.2; पादेन हैमं विलिलेख पीठम् (pādena haimaṃ vililekha pīṭham) R.6.15; Kumārasambhava 2.23.

4) To implant, infix; तावन्तोऽपि विलिख्यन्ते हृदये शोकशङ्कवः (tāvanto'pi vilikhyante hṛdaye śokaśaṅkavaḥ) H.4.72. v. l.

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

Vilikh (विलिख्).—scratch, tear open, scrape, rub against, touch (the sky); scratch or cut in, write, delineate, paint.

Vilikh is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vi and likh (लिख्).

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

Vilikh (विलिख्):—[=vi-√likh] [Parasmaipada] -likhati ([Vedic or Veda] [infinitive mood] -likhas; cf. [Pāṇini 3-4, 13 [Scholiast or Commentator]]),

—to scratch, scrape, tear up, lacerate, [Lāṭyāyana; Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to rub against, reach to, touch, [Harivaṃśa];

—to wound (the heart) id est. vex, offend, [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa];

—to scratch in or on, make a furrow or mark, write, delineate, paint, [Golādhyāya; Mahābhārata] etc.;

— (in medicine) to tear up id est. stir up (phlegm etc.), [Caraka] :

—[Causal] -lekhayati, or -likhāpayati, to cause to scratch or write, [Kṛṣṇaj.]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Vilikh (विलिख्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Viliha.

context information

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: Likh, Vi.

Starts with: Vilikha, Vilikhana, Vilikhati, Vilikhina, Vilikhita, Vilikhya.

Full-text: Viliha, Vilekhin, Vilekhana, Vilikhati, Vilikha, Vilikhita, Vilekha, Vilikhana.

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