लाक्षण्य लाक्षिक

लाक्षा

लाक्षा [लक्ष्यतेऽनया लक्ष् अच् पृषोº वृद्धिः]
A kind of red dye, lac; (largely used by women in ancient times as an article of decoration, especially for the soles of the feet and lips; cf. अलक्त; it is said to be obtained from the cochineal insect and from the resin of a particular tree); निष्ठ्यूतश्चरणोपभोगसुलभो लाक्षारसः के- नाचित् (तरुणा) Ś. 4. 4; Rs. 6. 14; Ki. 5. 23.
2 The insect which produces the red dye.
−Comp.
−त- रुः, −वृक्षः N. of a tree, Butea Fron- dosa. −प्रसादः, −प्रसाधनः the red Lo- dhra tree.
−रक्त a. dyed with lac.

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