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    See also ala, alam, ara, aram, araḥ, araṃ.


    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 171, col. 3.
    alaṃ [al-ac]

    1 The sting in the tail of a scorpion.

    2 Yellow orpiment; cf. āla.

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

    ☞ p. 94, col. 2.
    alaṃ (in comp. for álam).

    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 113.
    alaṃ , klī, (ala + ac .) vṛścikapucchakaṇṭakaḥ .
    iti hemacandraḥ . vichāra hula iti bhāṣā .
    haritālaṃ . iti ratnamālā amaraṭīkā ca ..
    ☞ vol. 1, p. 113.
    alaṃ , vya, bhūṣaṇaṃ . paryyāptiḥ . vāraṇaṃ . nirarthakaṃ .
    śaktiḥ . iti medinī .. atyarthaṃ . yathā, —
    “sarvaṃ me vimalaṃ vadāmalamalaṃ golaṃ vijānāsi
    cet” . iti līlāvatī ..