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    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 148, col. 3.
    amaṃgala lya a.

    1 Inauspicious, evil, ill; R. 12. 43; °abhyāsaratiṃ Ku. 5. 65; amaṃgalyaṃ śīlaṃ tava bhavatu nāmaikamakhilaṃ Puṣpadanta.

    2 Unlucky, unfortunate.

    — laḥ The castor-oil tree (eraṃḍa).

    — laṃ Inauspiciousness, illluck; evil; oft. used in dramatic literature; śāṃtaṃ pāpaṃ pratihatamamaṃgalaṃ; cf. God forbid.