alakaH [ al-kvun, alati BUzayati muKaM ] 1 A curl, lock of hair, hair in general; lalAwikAcaMdanaDUsarAlakA Ku. 5. 55 ; aspfzwAlakavezwanO R. 1. 42 ; 4. 54 ; alakaBaMgatAM gataH K. 4 ; alake bAlakuMdAnuvidDaM Me. 65 (the word is n. also, as appears from a quotation of Malli. : svaBAvavakrARyalakAni tAsAM ). 2 Curls on the fore-head. 3 Saffron besmeared on the body. 4 A mad dog (for alarka ). — kA 1 A girl from eight to ten years of age. 2 N. of the capital of Kubera (situated on a peak of the Himālaya above the peak of Meru, inhabited also by Śiva), and of the lord of the Yakṣas; alakAmativAhyEva Ku. 6. 37 ; viBAti yasyAM lalitAlakAyAM manoharA vESravaRasya lakzmIH Bv. 2. 10 ; gaMtavyA te vasatiralakA nAma yakzeSvarARAM Me. 7. Comp. — aDipaH , — patiH, -ISvaraH ‘lord of Alakā’, N. of Kubera; atyajIvadamarAlakeSvarO R. 19. 15. — aMtaH the end of a curl or ringlet; Śi. 4. 9 ; Me. 8. — naMdA 1 N. of the Ganges, or a river falling into it. 2 a girl from eight to ten years of age. — praBA N. of the capital of Kubera. — priyaH N. of a tree ( pItasAla ). — saMhatiH f. rows of curls; Śi. 6. 3.