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varṇaka

mf(ikA)n. painting, picturing, representing, [Rājat.]


m. a strolling player or singer, [L.]


a species of plant, [Suśr.]


fragrant ointment, [L.]


N. of a man (pl. his descendants) g. upakādi


m. or n. a model or specimen, [Kathās.]


mf(ikA)n. colour for painting, paint, pigment, unguent, anything for smearing on the body, [AitĀr.]; [ŚāṅkhGṛ.] &c. (ifc. f(akA). )


m. sandal, [L.]


n. a chapter, section of a book, [Nyāyam.], Sch.


a circle, orb, [HPariś.]


orpiment, [L.]


the red colouring or paint with which bride and bridegroom are marked at weddings, the painting of the bride by the bridegroom and of the bridegroom by the bride, [L.]


(ifc.) a letter or syllable, [Śrutab.]