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    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 188, col. 1.
    avalepaḥ

    1 Pride, haughtiness; priyasaṃgameṣvanavalepamadaḥ Śi. 9. 51 (where a° also means ointment); vyaktamānāvalepāḥ Mu. 3. 22; R. 5. 53; hasta° Me. 14.

    2 Violence, attack, assault, insult, outrage; kiṃ bhavatīnāmasurāvalepenāparāddhaṃ V. 1; asura° ibid.; dadṛśe pavanāvalepajaṃ sṛjatī bāṣpamivāṃjanāvilaṃ R. 8. 35.

    3 Smearing, anointing.

    4 Ornament (bhūṣā).

    5 Union, association (saṃga).

    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 128.
    avalepaḥ , puṃ, (ava + lip + bhāve ghañ .) ahaṅkāraḥ .
    (“diṅnāgānāṃ pathi pariharan sthūlahastāvalepān”
    iti meghadūte .) lepanaṃ . dūṣaṇaṃ . iti medinī ..
    saṅgaḥ . iti trikāṇḍaśeṣaḥ ..