lākhā
lac; lac-dye; enumerated with other colourings at MN.i.127 = SN.ii.101 = AN.iii.230
■ Snp-a.577 Vism.261 (as colour of blood).
- -ācariya expert in lac-dyeing Snp-a.577.
- -guḷaka a ball of lac Snp-a.80.
- -goḷaka id. Snp-a.577.
- -tamba copper coloured with lac Thig.440 (= lākhā-rasarattehi viya tambehi lomehi samannāgata Thag-a.270)
- -rasa essence of lac, used for dyeing; lac-colouring Ja.v.215 (˚ratta-succhavi); Ja.vi.269 (id.); Kp-a.62, Kp-a.63 Thag-a.270. Laja & Laja
cp. Sk. dākṣā