མདོངས་

མདོངས། (Wyl. mdongs ) Pron.: dong

• Skt. तिलकम्, tilaka, Pron.: tilaka. From Sanskrit: Clerodendrum phlomoides (Symplocos racemosa | a freckle (compared to a sesamum-seed) | a kind of skin-eruption | (in music) N. of a Dhruvaka | a kind of horse | N. of a prince of Kampanā | a mark on the forehead (made with coloured earths, sandal-wood, or unguents, either as an ornament or a sectarial distinction) | | the ornament of anything | in | the right lung | black sochal salt | alliteration | a metre of 4 x 6 syllables | a kind of observance [Mahavyutpatti] [Sanskrit] MVP MW