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तिरक (tiraka)

 
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
-tiraka (= Skt. tilaka), speck, spot: lipiphalakam ādāya divyārṣa-suvarṇa-tirakaṃ LV 〔125.17—18〕 (prose), so Lefm.
the mss. vary, and none has exactly divyārṣa-, but all but one have -tirakaṃ (that one -tilakaṃ)
taking a writing-board with golden (decorative) spots (Foucaux paillettes, spangles).