ललाम

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

LALĀMA   A division among horses. The white patch on the forehead of a horse is also called Lalāma and so horses with lalāma are called Lalāmas. [Śloka 13, Chapter 13, Droṇa Parva] .

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

    see : लाल

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

  न. 
    रत्न .
    भूषण .
    शोभा . अमोल्य ललामाचिया खाणी । - मुआदि ४ . ५४ .
    चिन्ह .
   कपाळावरचे चिन्ह . - वि . सुंदर . [ सं . ]

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

ललाम  mfn.  neuter, or adjective">mf( ई)n. having a mark or spot on the forehead, marked with paint &c. (as cattle), [AV.]; [TS.]
    having any mark or sign, [MBh.]
    beautiful, charming, [L.]
  f.  eminent, best of its kind ( f. आ), [L.]
ललाम  n.  m. n. ornament, decoration, embellishment, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
ललाम  n.  n. ( only [L.]) a coloured mark on the forehead of a horse or bull
   a sectarial mark
    any mark or sign or token
   a line, row
   a flag, banner
   a tail
   a horse
प्रभाव   = .

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

ललाम [lalāma] a.  a. (- मी f.)
    beautiful, lovely, charming.
    having a mark on the forehead marked with a blaze.
   मम् An ornament for the forehead, an ornament or decoration in general; (m. also in this sense); सद्यः पुनाति सहचन्द्रललामलोकान् [Bhāg.3.16.9;] अहं तु तामाश्रमललाम- भूतां शकुन्तलामधिकृत्य ब्रवीमि [Ś.2;] [Śi.4.28.]
    anything the best of its kind.
   A mark on the forehead.
   A sign, symbol, mark in general.
   A banner, flag.
   A row, series, line.
   A tail.
   A mane.
    eminence, dignity, beauty.
   A horn.
-मः   A horse; [Mb.7.23.13] (com. 'श्वेतं ललाटमध्यस्थं तारारूपं हयस्य यत्। ललामं चापि तत्प्राहुर्ललामाश्वस्तदन्वितः ॥').

Shabda-Sagara

ललाम  mfn.  ( -मः- मा-मं) beautiful, agreeable, charming, (in this sense some authorities confine it to the neuter gender, and to its use compounded with another word.)
  n.  ( -मं)
   1. A mark or sign.
   2. A banner, a flag, a symbol or ensign.
   3. A mark on the forehead.
   4. A horn.
   5. A tail.
   6. majesty, dignity.
   7. chief, principal.
   8. A horse.
   9. An ornament.
    10. A horse's ornament.
    11. A coloured mark on the forehead of a horse or bull, &c.
    12. A mane.
    13. A line, a row.
  f.  ( - मी)
   1. charming.
   2. An ornament worn on the ear.
    E. लल् to play, &c., aff. अच्, अम् to go, to contribute to or occasion, aff. अण्; also

ROOTS:

लल् अच् अम् अण्;

   with कनिन् aff. ललामन् .