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Grammar Search
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taila: neuter vocative singular stem: taila
Amarakosha Search
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paroṣṇī2.5.28FeminineSingulartailapāyikā
Monier-Williams Search
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Devanagari
BrahmiEXPERIMENTAL
tailan. (fr. t/ila-) sesamum oil, oil etc. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' Va1rtt.4 ; in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(ā-). ) View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
tailan. olibanum View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
tailam. Name (also title or epithet) of a king, View this entry on the original dictionary page scan.
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taila n. sesamum oil; oil (sometimes pl.).
Vedic Index of
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taila ‘Sesamum oil/ is mentioned in the Atharvaveda, where reference is made to keeping such oil in jars. In the Sāñkhāyana Aranyaka, reference is made to anointing with sesamum oil.
Vedabase Search
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taila noun (neuter) oil (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
olibanum (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sesamum oil (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))

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taila

1. oil; 2. sesame oil; 3. medicated preparation in which taila is boiled with prescribed decoctions (kaṣāya) and mash (kalka) of drugs according to formula, ex: bhṛṇgarāja taila

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