aṅgulitoraṇa

aṅgulitoraṇa n. (-ṇaṃ) Three semicircular lines drawn across the forehead, with sandal, &c. a sectarial mark, especially of the followers of Śakti.

E. aṅguli a finger, and toraṇa the ornamented arch of a gateway, to which the mark made by the fingers upon the forehead may be compared.

aṅguli-toraṇa (ṇaṃ) 1. n. A mark of
three semicircles on the forehead
to distinguish the votaries of
Shakti.

aṅgulitoraṇa Tatpur. n. (-ṇam) Three semicircular lines drawn

across the forehead, with sandal or ashes of burnt cow-

dung &c., a sectarial mark, especially of the followers of

Śiva, more commonly termed Tripunḍra. E. aṅguli and

toraṇa the ornamented arch of a gateway, to which the mark

made by the fingers upon the forehead may be compared.

aṅguli—toraṇa n. a sectarial mark on the forehead consisting of three fingers or lines shaped like an arch or doorway (toraṇa), drawn with sandal or the ashes of cow-dung.

aṅgulitoraṇa

n. (-ṇaṃ) Three semicircular lines drawn across the forehead,
with sandal &c. a sectarial mark, especially of the followers of
Sakti.

E. aṅguli a finger, and toraṇa the ornamented arch of a
gateway, to which the mark made by the fingers upon the fore-
head may be compared.

aṅgulitoraṇa (aṅguli + toraṇa) n. die in Form eines Thorbogens (toraṇa) halb geschlossene Hand (= ardhacandra) HĀR. 114. ŚKDR. : candanādidvārā lalāṭe kṛto 'rdhacandraḥ mit Anführung der HĀR. als Autorität; vgl. auch WILSON.

*aṅgulitoraṇa n. die zum Packen in Form eines Thorbogens gestellten Finger GAL. Vgl. ardhacandra.

aṅgulitoraṇa na0 aṅguleḥ toraṇamiva kṛtam . canda-
nādidvārā kṛte lalāṭasthārddhacandrākṛtitilake .