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    Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    p. 241, col. 2.
    abhijighraṇa Tatpur. n. (-ṇam) Smelling or rather touching the

    head with the nose, as a sign of affection; (not: kissing);

    e. g. Gobhila's Gṛhya S.: striyāstūṣṇīṃ mūrdhanyabhijighraṇam.

    E. jighr (comp. ghrā), with abhi, kṛt aff. lyuṭ.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    p. 62, col. 1.
    abhijighraṇa abhi-jighraṇa, am, n. the act of

    smelling at or touching the forehead of another with

    the nose. See abhi-ghrā, p. 61, col. 3.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    p. 62, col. 1.
    abhi-jighraṇa a n. id., Gobh.
    p. 62, col. 2.
    abhi-jighraṇa b See abhi-√ ghrā.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    vol. 1, p. 85, col. 3.
    abhijighraṇa n. das Küssen auf (Loc.) GOBH. 2,8,25.