lakzaRaM [ lakzyate'nena lakz-karaRe lyuw ] 1 A mark, token, sign, indication, characteristic, distinctive mark; ( pb ) baDUdukUlaM kalahaMsalakzaRaM Ku. 5. 67 ; anAraMBo hi kAryARAM praTamaM budDilakzaRaM Subhāṣ. ; upakArApakArO hi lakzyaM lakzaRametayoH H. 4. 15 ; avyAkzepo BavizyaMtyAH kAryasidDerhi lakzaRaM R. 10. 6 , 19. 47 ; garBalakzaRa Ś. 5 ; puruzalakzaRaM ‘the sign or organ of virility’. 2 A symptom (of a disease). 3 An attribute, a quality. 4 A definition, accurate description; asADAraRaDarmo lakzaRam . 5 A lucky or auspicious mark on the body (these are considered to be 32); dvAtriMSallakzaRopetaH ; lakzaRasaMpannAnAM gavAmaDaH sasnO K. 64. 6 Any mark or features of the body (indicative of good or bad luck); kva tadviDastvaM kva ca puRyalakzaRA Ku. 5. 73 ; kleSAvahA BarturalakzaRAhaM R. 14. 5. 7 A name, designation, appellation ( oft. at the end of comp. ); vidiSAlakzaRAM rAjaDAnIM Me. 24. 8 Excellence, merit, good quality; as in AhitalakzaRa R. 6. 71 (where Malli. renders it by praKyAtaguRa and quotes Ak: — guREH pratIte tu kftalakzaRAhitalakzaRO ). 9 An aim, a scope, an object. 10 A fixed rate (as of duties); Ms. 8. 406. 11 Form, kind, nature. 12 Effect, operation. 13 Cause, occasion. 14 Head, topic, subject. 15 Pretence disguise ( = lakza ); prasuptalakzaRaH Māl. 7. 16 A line, spot. 17 Observation, seeing. — RaH 1 N. of Lakṣmaṇa. 2 The crane. — RA 1 An aim, object. 2 (In Rhet. ) An indirect application or secondary signification of a word, one of the three powers of a word; it is thus defined:- muKyArTabADe tadyoge rUQito'Ta prayojanAt . anyorTo lakzyate yatsA lakzaRAropitakriyA K. P. 2 ; lakzaRA Sakya saMbaMDastAtparyAnupapattitaH Bhāṣā P. ; see S. D. 13 also. 3 A goose. Comp. — anvita a. possessed of auspicious marks. — jYa a. able to interpret or explain marks (as on the body). — Brazwa a. ill-fated, unlucky. — lakzaRA = jahallakzaRA q. v. — saMnipAtaH branding, stigmatizing.