लाक्षा

{ lākṣā }

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

See : लाख

A dictionary, Marathi and English

lākṣā f S Popularly लाख q. v. The dye or the wax called Lác.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

 स्त्री. लाख . [ सं . ]
०जोहर  न. लाखेच्या घराचे जळणे ; लाक्षागृहदहन ; ( पांडवांना जाळण्यासाठी कौरवानी केलेले ). पांडव निमाले लाक्षा जोहरी । लाखाजोहर पहा .
०तेल  न. लाखेपासून काढलेले तेल ( औषधोपयोगी ).

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

लाक्षा  f.  f. ( cf. राक्षा and, [Uṇ. iii, 62] Sch.) a species of plant, [AV.]
a kind of red dye, lac (obtained from the cochineal or a similar insect as well as from the resin of a partic. tree), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
the insect or animal which produces the red dye, [MW.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

लाक्षा [lākṣā]   [लक्ष्यतेऽनया लक्ष् अच् पृषो˚ वृद्धिः]
A kind of red dye, lac; (largely used by women in ancient times as an article of decoration, especially for the soles of the feet and lips; cf. अलक्त; it is said to be obtained from the cochineal insect and from the resin of a particular tree); निष्ठ्यूतश्चरणोपभोगसुलभो लाक्षारसः केनचित् (तरुणा) [Ś. 4.5.;] [Ṛs.6.14;] लाक्षागृहानलविषान्नसभाप्रवेशैः [Ve.1.8;] [Ki.5.23.]
The insect which produces the red dye,-Comp.
-तरुः, वृक्षः  N. N. of a tree, Butea Frondosa.
-प्रसादः, -प्रसादनः   the red Lodhra tree (the infusion of its bark is used to fix colour).
-रक्त a.  a. dyed with lac.

Shabda-Sagara

लाक्षा  f.  ( -क्षा) Lac, a red dye, or an insect which is analogous to the cochineal insect, and like it forms when died and prepared, a dye of a red colour; the nest is formed of a resinous substance which is used as sealing wax, and as an article of decoration by women, and is usually termed Shel lac.
E. लक्ष् to mark or stain, aff. अ, and अण् added, the vowel made long; or लक्ष a hundred thousand, अण् aff.; made by a multitude of the insects.

ROOTS:

लक्ष् अ अण् लक्ष अण्

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

noun  रक्तवर्णीयः पदार्थः यः विशिष्टे वृक्षे रक्तवर्णीयाभिः कृमिभिः निर्मीयते।   Ex. दुर्योधनेन पाण्डवान् हन्तुं लाक्षायाः गृहं निर्मितम्।

HOLO STUFF OBJECT:

लाक्षागृहम्

ONTOLOGY:

प्राकृतिक वस्तु (Natural Object) ➜ वस्तु (Object) ➜ निर्जीव (Inanimate) ➜ संज्ञा (Noun)

SYNONYM:

राक्षा जतु यावः अलक्तः द्रुमामयः रङ्गमाता खदिरिका रक्ता पलङ्कषा क्रिमिहा द्रुमव्याधिः अलक्तकः पलाशी मुद्रिणी दीप्तिः जन्तुका गन्धमादिनी नीला द्रवरसा पित्तारिः

Wordnet:

asm জতু

bd ला

ben লাক্ষা

guj લાખ

hin लाख

kan ಅರಗು

kas لاچھ

kok लाक

mal കോലരക്ക്

mar लाख

mni ꯈꯣꯏꯔꯨ

ori ଜଉ

pan ਲਾਖ

tam அரக்கு

tel లక్క

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