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    See also añcita, añcitaḥ.


    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 26, col. 1.
    aṃcita p. p.

    1 (a) Curved, bent; °utthita Dk. 125 bent and raised; kiṃcidaṃcitāṃ dṛṣṭiṃ saṃcārayaṃtī 143 bent or oblique look; dorlīlāṃcitacaṃdraśekharadhanuḥ Mv. 1. 54 bent; °savyajānuḥ R. 18. 51, Bk. 2. 31, 9. 40; °lāṃgūlaḥ (kapiḥ), °skaṃdhaḥ (vṛkṣaḥ). (b) Arched and handsome (as eyebrows); °akṣipakṣman R. 5. 76; crisped, curled (as hair); svasitāṃcitamūrdhajā Mb.

    2 Gone.

    3 Honoured; adorned, graced, graceful, handsome, dordaṃḍāṃcitamahimā Mv. 7. 8 graced, adorned; gateṣu (pb) līlāṃcitavikrameṣu Ku. 1. 34 sportively handsome; °tābhyāṃ gatābhyāṃ R. 2. 18, līlāṃcitabhrūlatā Dk. 124, 151; samadhuraṃ madhuraṃcitavikramaḥ R. 9. 24 of esteemed or adorable prowess; Ki. 15. 53.

    4 Sewn or woven, arranged; ardhāṃcitā satvaramutthitāyāḥ (raśanā) R. 7. 10 halfstrung or woven (guṃphita Malli.).

    Comp.

    patraṃ [ba.] a lotus with curved leaves.

    bhrūḥ a woman having arched or handsome eyebrows.