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ितलक tilak, s.m. Ornament, the ornament of anything (used in comp. to express greatness or distinction, e.g. trailokya-tilak, 'the ornament of the three worlds,' i.e. a distinguished personage); an ornament or other mark between the eyes or rising between the brows; a sectarial mark or marks made with coloured eye-earths, sandal wood, or unguents upon the forehead and between the eyebrows (as a ceremonial mark it is made on the occasions of installation to office, coronation of a king, betrothal, etc., and hence is sometimes synonymous with 'installation,' 'consecration,' etc.); a freckle, mole, natural mark under the skin (=til); a species of tree with beautiful flowers; a commentary (=ṭīkā):—tilak ćaṛhānā(-par), tilak dhārnā, tilak dhāran karnā, To form the tilak mark on the forehead, to ornament, to wear the tilak:—tilak-dhārī, s.m. One who is marked with the tilak, one who wears the tilak:—tilak karnā(-par), To mark with the tilak, to ornament; to anoint, install, consecrate, crown; to betroth; to bid adieu (to):—tilak lagānā, v.n.=tilak ćaṛhānā, q.v.