مینہدي

मेंहदी meṅhdī[for meṅdhī= S. मेिन्धका], s.f. The Henna plant, or Broad Egyptian Privet, Lawsonia alba, or L. inermis, or L. spinosa (cultivated throughout India for its leaves, and as a hedge-plant for gardens; the powdered leaves, beatenup with catechu and made into paste are much used by women to dye their hands and feet a reddish-orange; and, by men, to dye their beards; and occasionally to stain the tails and manes of horses);—the marriage-feast on the occasion of the bride's hands and feet being stained with henna (ḥinā);—an ark, or tabernacle, carried in solemn procession by Muḥammadans on the eve of the anniversary of the death of a person who died just as he was about to marry:—meṅhdībāṅdhnā(-meṅ), To apply henna (to,—as a cure for a blister, etc.):—meṅhdīraćānā, or meṇhdīlagānā(-meṅ), To stain (the hands and feet, etc.) with henna; to apply henna (to).