कज्जल

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Lamp-black. It is considered as a collyrium, and is applied medicinally and ornamentally.

Aryabhushan School Dictionary

n   Lamp-black. Collyrium.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

कज्जल  m.  m. a cloud (in this sense perhaps for कद्-जल), [L.]
कज्जल  f.  f( आ, ई). a species of fish, [L.]
कज्जल  n.  n. lampblack (used as a collyrium and applied to the eyelashes or eyelids medicinally or as an ornament)
sulphuret of lead or antimony (similarly used), [Suśr.]; [Kathās.] &c.
( fig.) dregs, [BhP. vi, 2, 27.]

Shabda-Sagara

कज्जल  m.  ( -लः)
1. A cloud.
 n.  ( -लं) Lampblack, considered as a colly- rium, being applied upon the eyelashes or eyelids, medicinally or ornamentatively; also sulphuret of lead or antimony, when so used.
 f.  ( -ली) Sulphuret of mercury, Æthiop's mineral. f. ( -ला or -ली) A kind of flsh, (Cyprinus atratus,) or any kind peculiar to stagnant waters, whence the name.
E. कत् for कुत् bad, and जल water or juice, as the moisture of the collyrium, &c.

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कत् कुत् जल