Lekha, Lekhā: 27 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchLekha (लेख):—(von likh; vgl. rekha)
1) m. a) Schreiben, Brief (sg. und pl.) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa.2,8,28.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha.2,25.] [Medinīkoṣa kh. 4.] [Hārāvalī 54.] [Harivaṃśa 5971.] [KĀM. NĪTIS.9,68.] [Kumārasaṃbhava.1,7.] [Mālavikāgnimitra 70,14. 16. 74,9.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 87,8.] [Kathāsaritsāgara.5,65. 69. 39,186. 42,92. 108. fg. 43,263. 267. 269. 44,127. 158. 161. 56,89.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī.3,206. 208. 235. 367. fg. 371.4,504.] [Hitopadeśa 120,10.] [Oxforder Handschriften 334,b,9] [?(Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 880).] kūṭa ein untergeschobenes —, verfälschtes Schreiben [Kathāsaritsāgara 124, 198.] — b) pl. Bez. einer Klasse von Göttern [Mahābhārata 13, 1371] (nach der Lesart der ed. Bomb., lokāḥ ed. Calc.). [Harivaṃśa 14269.] unter Manu Cākṣuṣa [437.] [Viṣṇupurāṇa 263.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 76, 52.] ein Gott überh. [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 1, 3.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 52.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 88.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha 1, 4]; vgl. lekharṣabha und leka . — c) Nomen proprium eines Mannes gaṇa śivādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 1, 112.] —
2) f. lekhā (vgl. rekhā) [Vopadeva’s Grammatik 26, 191.] a) Riss, Strich, Linie, Streifen, Furche, Reihe [Amarakoṣa 2, 4, 1, 4.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 52.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1423.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] (wo rājyāṃ st. jyāyāṃ zu lesen ist). [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha 2, 387.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 6, 3, 3, 25. 7, 2, 2, 18. 10, 2, 2, 6.] sphyena lekhāmullikhet [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 2, 6, 9.] [GṚHY. 1, 3, 1.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 2, 6, 27. 4, 1, 11.] [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 76.] [Suśruta 1, 114, 3.] adhastādakṣayoryasya lekhāḥ syuḥ [125, 1. 3.] [KĀM. NĪTIS. 7, 20.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 82, 4.] lekhā hi kālalikhitā sarvathā duratikramā [Harivaṃśa 11109.] nahyalamatinipuṇo pi puruṣo niyatilikhite (likhitāṃ?) lekhāmatikramitum [Daśakumāracarita 83, 7. 8.] valkalaśikhānisyandalekhāḥ [Śākuntala 14, v. l.] abhinavamadalekhā auf der Backe eines Elephanten [Spr. 82.] megha [Mahābhārata 4, 498.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 7, 16.] [Pañcatantra 203, 5.] bhruvorlekhā [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 58, 12.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 1, 48.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 642.] taḍillekhā [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 75, 14.] [Spr. 2256.] vidyullekhā [Mṛcchakaṭikā 1, 7.] [Vikramorvaśī 76.] jyotirlekhā [Meghadūta 45.] jāhnavīphena [Prooemium im Hitopadeśa 1.] aṅga [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 373.] caturlekha adj. (= lalāṭe caturlekhāyukta Comm.) [Rāmāyaṇa ed. Bomb. 5, 35, 18 (32, 13 Gorresio).] — b) die schwache Sichel (des Mondes): cāndramasīva lekhā [Kumārasaṃbhava 1, 25. 2, 34.] indu [Kirātārjunīya 5, 44.] candra (s. auch bes.) [Mahābhārata 3, 1831.] pratipaccandralekhā [Kathāsaritsāgara 4, 29.] śaśāṅka [Śākuntala 35, 21.] — c) Saum: taṭalekhāsthitamātmasainyacakram [KĀM. NĪTIS. 7, 34.] Saum des Himmels, Horizont: lekhāsthe rke [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka 11,14.] [Oxforder Handschriften 48,b,6] (?). — d) das Zeichnen, Malen; = lipi [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] ālekhya, akṣarasya [Halāyudha 4, 43.] Zeichnung [Śākuntala 141, v. l.] Bild, Figur: mṛga im Monde [Raghuvaṃśa 8, 42.] savyapāda Abdruck [Kirātārjunīya 5, 40.] kamalākapolamakarīlekhāṅkitoraḥsthala [Spr. 1326, v. l.] — e) gaṇḍa so v. a. gaṇḍabhāga, gaṇḍasthalī Backengegend [Raghuvaṃśa 7, 24. 10, 12.] [Kumārasaṃbhava 7, 82.] [Kirātārjunīya 16, 2.] — f) = śikhā und cūḍāgra [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 52.] — Vgl. anaṅgalekhā, indu, krama, candralekha, citralekhā, jayalekha, devalekhā, pattra (in der ersten Bed. auch [Kumārasaṃbhava 3, 38]), padma, brahmalekha, makarīlekhā, mada, madana, manmathalekha, mṛgalekhā, yaśo, rāga, rāma, śaśi, hṛllekha .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungLekha (लेख):——
1) m. — a) Strich , Linie [Mānavagṛhyasūtra 2,14.] — b) ein Schreiben , Brief. Sg. und Pl. — c) Pl. eine best. Klasse von Göttern [Mahābhārata 13,18,74.] — d) ein Gott überh. [Śiśupālavadha 17,69.] — e) = ābhoga (wegen gaṇḍalekha) [Beiträge zur indischen Lexicographie von Theodor Zachariae 41.] — f) Nomen proprium eines Mannes. —
2) f. lekhā — a) Riss , Strich , Linie , Streifen , Furche , Reihe. — b) die schwache Sichel (des Mondes). — c) Saum , Rand. — d) das Zeichnen. — e) Zeichnung , Bild , Figur ; Abdruck. — f) = śikhā und cūḍāgra.
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Starts with (+92): Lekha-chitrakala, Lekha-citrakala, Lekhaadhikrut, Lekhaalekh, Lekhaant, Lekhabhra, Lekhabhru, Lekhabhrummanya, Lekhacitra, Lekhadhikarin, Lekhadhikrita, Lekhadhyaksha, Lekhadosha, Lekhahara, Lekhaharaka, Lekhaharika, Lekhaharin, Lekhaharitva, Lekhai, Lekhajokha.
Ends with (+141): Abhilekha, Abhralekha, Adhikaralekha, Agralekha, Ainako-ullekha, Akutilalekha, Alekha, Alekhyalekha, Alikalekha, Anangalekha, Anulekha, Anupurvapanilekha, Avalekha, Ayasholekha, Ayatalekha, Ayatapanilekha, Bandalekha, Bandistalekha, Bhagyalekha, Bhavishya-lekha.
Full-text (+270): Candralekha, Lekhahara, Anangalekha, Shashankalekha, Nakhalekha, Lekhavalaya, Avalekha, Shashilekha, Citralekha, Indulekha, Kapalaresha, Varnalekha, Laikha, Lekhabhru, Nagalekha, Rekha, Lekhshabha, Lekha-chitrakala, Likha, Kamalekha.
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