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सीमंतः (sImaMtaH)

 
Apte 1890
English
सीमंतः [सीम्नोंऽतः शकं°] 1 A boundary-line, land-mark.
2 The parting line of the hair, the hair parted on each side of the head so as to leave a line
सीमंते त्वदुपगमजं यत्र नीपं वधूनां Me. 65
Śi. 8. 69
Mv. 5. 44.
3 A land-mark.
Comp.
उन्नयनं ‘parting of the hair’, one of the twelve Saṃskāras or purificatory rites observed by women in the fourth, sixth, or eighth month of their pregnancy.