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    See also avalepana, avalepanam.


    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 188, col. 1.
    avalepanaṃ

    1 Anointing.

    2 Oil, any unctuous substance.

    3 Union, association.

    4 Pride, arrogance.

    5 The sandal tree (caṃdana).

    Śabdakalpadruma

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 128.
    avalepanaṃ , klī, (ava + lip + lyaṭ bhāve .) vile-
    panaṃ . mrakṣaṇaṃ . mākhā iti bhāṣā . avapūrvvaka-
    lipadhātoranaṭ pratyayena niṣpannaṃ ..