m. (n.) a mark on the forehead (made with coloured earths, sandal-wood, or unguents, either as an ornament or a sectarial distinction) (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'f(ā-)., ) etc.
n.Name of various works (especially of a kāvya-, attributed to kālidāsa-, and of a rhetoricwork by rudraṭa- or rudra-bhaṭṭa- [12th or 13th century A.D.] corresponding in its contents to the 3rd chapter of the sāhitya-darpaṇa-).
तिलकः [तिल्-क्वुन्, तिल इवार्थे स्वल्पे वा कन् वा] 1 A species of tree with beautiful flowers; Rām.2.94.9; आक्रान्ता तिलकक्रियापि तिलकैर्लीनद्विरेफाञ्जनैः M.3,5; न खलु शोभयति स्म वनस्थलीं न तिलकस्तिलकः प्रमदामिव R.9.41. Kālidāsa describes the beauty of this tree as being akin to that of the saffron-mark on the forehead of a woman. The name suggests a relation to tila. the sesame plant, Sesamum indicum Linn. Now this plant has got flowers that have got a very pretty appearance. It is a shrub and not a tree. It grows four to five feet in height. Its flower has five petals. The lower petal is the longest. In wild variety there is a promiment spot on the longest petal which is highly suggestive of the saffron-mark on the forehead of a woman. -2 A freckle or natural mark under the skin. -3 The sesamum tree. -कः, -कम् 1 A mark made with sandalwood or unguents &c.; मुखे मधुश्री- स्तिलकं प्रकाश्य Ku.3.3; कस्तूरिकातिलकमालि विधाय सायम् Bv.2.4;1.121. -2 The ornament of anything (used at the end of comp. in the sense of 'best', 'chief' or 'distinguished'); कुल˚; जीवलोक˚ Māl.9.21; यस्य न विपदि विषादः संपदि हर्षो रणे न भीरुत्वम् । तं भुवनत्रयतिलकं जनयति जननी सुतं विरलम् ॥ Pt.1.15. -3 The burden of a song (ध्रुवक). -का A kind of necklace. -कम् 1 The bladder. -2 The right lung. -3 A kind of salt. -4 A kind of disease, the appearance of dark spots on the skin without any inflammation. -5 Alliteration. -Comp. -आश्रयः the forehead.
m. a tree; freckle, mole; coloured mark on the forehead (always here in the case of women) or elsewhere, as an orna ment or sectarian distinction; m. ornament of (--°ree;); N.; n. alliteration;a metre: -ka, m. N.
noun (masculine) (in music) name of a Dhruvaka (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a freckle (compared to a sesamum-seed) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of horse (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of skin-eruption (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Clerodendrum phlomoides (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a prince of Kampanā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Symplocos racemosa Frequency rank 6319/72933
noun (neuter) triślokī (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of observance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a metre of 4106 syllables (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
alliteration (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
black sochal salt (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the ornament of anything (in comp.) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the right lung (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
kācalavaṇa
kṛṣṇalavaṇa
sauvarcala Frequency rank 12054/72933
noun (neuter) a kind of metre (four times) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular mixture (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the blossom of the Tilaka (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the ornament of spring (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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