keśara (5192)

keśara
Entry 5192, Page 193, Col. 1

<k1>keSara<k2>keSara keśara¦, m. or nt., or oftener keśara-cūrṇa, nt. (cf. AMg. kesara, pollen), a fragrant powder: keśara, bought of perfumers, Mv i.38.4, 6, 9; presumably prepared from pollen (rather than from the flowers called kesara or keś°, with Senart); otherwise always keśara- (mss. sometimes °la)-cūrṇāni, mentioned with candana-, tamāla(pattra)-, and aguru-cūrṇāni, Mv i.211.20; 212.8, 12; 230.17; 267.2; ii.15.20; 160.16 (mss. °la); 162.6 (mss. °la); 286.15 (here Senart keśala, but v.l. °ra!).

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