Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
m. f. 1 Ink.
2 Lamp- black, soot.
3 A black powder used to paint the eyes. Comp. ā- dhāraḥ, kūpī, dhānaṃ, dhānī, maṇiḥ an ink-bottle, an ink-stand. jalaṃ ink. paṇya a writer, scribe. pathaḥ a pen. prasūḥ f. 1. a pen.
2. an ink- bottle. varṇa a. black as ink, inky. vardhanaṃ myrrh.
