n. (later form of rarāṭa-q.v) the forehead, brow etc. ( lalāṭeṭe-ind.on the forehead, in front;the destiny of every individual is believed by the Hindus to be written by brahmā- on his forehead on the 6th day after birthSee)
लाट m. pl. N. of a country and its inhabitants; एष च (लाटानुप्रासः) प्रायेण लाटजनप्रियत्वाल्लाटानुप्रासः S. D.1. -टः 1 A king of the Lāṭas. -2 Old, worn out, or shabby clothes, ornaments &c. -3 Clothes in general. -4 Childish language. -5 A learned man. -Comp. -अनुप्रासः one of the five kinds of अनुप्रास or alliteration, the repetition of a word or words in the same sense but in a different application; it is thus defined and illustrated by Mammaṭa :-- शाब्दस्तु लाटानुप्रासो भेदे तात्पर्यमात्रतः, e. g. वदनं वरवर्णिन्यास्तस्याः सत्यं सुधाकरः । सुधाकरः क्व नु पुनः कलङ्क- विकलो भवेत्; or यस्य न सविधे दयिता दवदहनस्तुहिनदीधितिस्तस्य । यस्य च सविधे दयिता दवदहनस्तुहिनदीधितिस्तस्य ॥ K. P.9.
ललाटम् [लड्-अच् डस्य लः, ललमटति अट्-अण् वा Tv.] The forehead; लिखितमपि ललाटे प्रोज्झितुं कः समर्थः H.1.19; N. 1.15. -Comp. -अक्षः an epithet of Śiva. -तटम् the slope of the forehead, the forehead itself. -पट्टः, -पट्टिका 1 the flat surface of the forehead. -2 a tiara, fillet. -रेखा 1 a line on the forehead. -2 a wrinkled brow. -3 a coloured sectarial mark on the forehead. -लेखा the line on the forehead.
ललाटंतप a. 1 Burning or scorching the (fore) head; ललाटंतपस्तपति तपनः Māl.1; U.6 'the sun is shining right overhead'; ललाटंतपसप्तसप्तिः R.13.41. -2 (Hence) Very painful; लिपिर्ललाटंतपनिष्ठुराक्षरा N.1.138. -पः The sun.
n. [later form of rar&asharp;ta] fore head: -tata, m. flat surface of the forehead; -m-tapa, a. scorching the forehead (said of a hot sun), very painful; -patta, m.: -ka, m., -pattikâ, f. flat surface of the forehead; -phalaka, n. id.; -likhita, pp. written by fate on the forehead; -lekhâ, f. lines written by fate on the forehead; (strip of a =) very narrow forehead; -½aksha, a. (î) having an eye in the forehead (Siva).
noun (masculine neuter) (in rhet.) repetition of words in the same sense but in a different application (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
clothes (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dress (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
idle or childish language (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
shabby ornaments (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
worn-out clothes (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) (sg.) a king of the Lāṭas (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a people and of a district inhabited by them (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the country of the Lāṭas (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a bear (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a gate (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a king (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a mountain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a particular supernatural being (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a poet (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a beautiful forehead (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
brow (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the forehead (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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