Pali lākhā (35)
Davids and Stede’s Pali-English Dictionary says lākhā denotes “lac and lac-dye.” It originates from Tamil ar, meaning “red.” This Tamil ar changes into lākhā in Pali through the transformation of ar > ra > la > laksh > lākhā. The following words, related to Pali lākhā, also originate from Tamil ar.
lakkha, (from lakṣ and lag, meaning to fix, i.e., to mark”) a mark; a target; a stake at gambling; a high numeral, a lac, or 100,000. lakkhañña, (from lakkhaṇa) connected with auspices, auspicious. lakkhaṇa, sign, characteristic, mark. lakkhaṇa-āhata, affected with a mark (of punishment or disgrace), branded. lakkhaṇa-kusala, clever at interpreting bodily marks or at fortune-telling from signs. lakkhaṇa-kusalatā, cleverness at (telling people’s fortune by) signs. lakkhaṇa-paṭiggāhaka, one who reads the signs, a soothsayer, wise man. lakkhaṇa-pāṭhaka, an expert in (interpreting) signs, fortune-teller. lakkhaṇa-manta, the secret science of (bodily) marks. lakkhaṇa-sampatti, excellency of marks. lakkhaṇa-sampanna, endowed with (auspicious) signs. lakkhika and lakkhikaya, (from lakkhī) belonging to auspices, favoured by good luck. alakkhika, unlucky, unfortunate, ill-fated. lakkhita, see abhilakkhita. lakkhī, luck, good fortune, success, personal welfare; splendour, power; prosperity. lakkheti, (denominative from lakkha) to mark, distinguish, characterize. alakkhika, unfortunate unhappy, of bad luck. alakkhī, bad luck, misfortune. upalakkhaṇā, discrimination. upalakkheti, to distinguish, discriminate. sallakkhaṇā, (from sallakkheti) discernment, testing. asallakkaṇa, non-discernment. sallakkhita, realized, thought. sallakkheti, to observe, consider; to examine; to bear in mind; to understand, realize, conclude, think over. asallakkhetvā, without deliberation; inadvertently. sallakkhāpeti, to cause to be noted; to persuade, bring to reason. abhilakkhita, fixed, designed, inaugurated, marked by auspices. abhilakkhitatta, having signs or marks, being characterised, characteristics. lākhā-ācariya, expert in lac-dyeing. lākhā-guḷaka, a ball of lac. lākhā-goḷaka, a ball of lac. lākhā-tamba, copper coloured with lac. lākhā-rasa, essence of lac, used for dyeing; lac-colouring.