As a Hindi name
लेप · noun · masculine
गीली या पानी आदि के साथ मिली हुई वस्तु जिसकी तह किसी वस्तुओ के ऊपर फैलाकर चढ़ाई जाय । पोतने, छोपने या चुपड़ने की चीज । लेई के समान गाढ़ी गीली वस्तु । मरहम । जैसे,—जहाँ चाट लगो है, वहाँ यह लेप चढ़ा देना · गाढ़ी गीली वस्तु की तह जो किसी वस्तुओ के ऊपर फैलाई जाय · उबटन । बटना — Śabdasāgara
लेप · lepa · s.m.
Smearing, daubing, anointing, plastering — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 974
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
spot, stain, impurity (lit. and fig.), any grease or dirt sticking to vessels, (esp.) particles or remnants wiped from the hand after offering oblations to three ancestors (these r…
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lepa m. the act of smearing, daubing, anointing, plastering, Yājñ.; Kāv.; Pur.
anything smeared on, ointment, unguent, plaster, MBh.; Hariv.; Suśr. &c.
a coating of paint &c.
spot, stain, impurity (lit. and fig.), any grease or dirt sticking to vessels, (esp.) particles or remnants wiped from the hand after offering oblations to three ancestors (these remnants being considered as an oblation to paternal ancestors in the 4th, 5th and 6th degrees), ŚrS.; Gaut. &c.
food, victuals, Bhadrab.
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