अङ्गुलितोरण

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

अङ्गुलि—तोरण  n.  n. a sectarial mark on the forehead consisting of three fingers or lines shaped like an arch or doorway ( तोरण), drawn with sandal or the ashes of cow-dung.

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अङ्गुलि तोरण

Shabda-Sagara

अङ्गुलितोरण  n.  ( -णं) Three semicircular lines drawn across the forehead, with sandal &c. a sectarial mark, especially of the followers of Sakti.
E. अङ्गुलि a finger, and तोरण the ornamented arch of a gateway, to which the mark made by the fingers upon the fore- head may be compared.

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अङ्गुलि तोरण