रेखा

From Sanskrit रेखा (rekhā). Doublet of लेखा (lekhā).

• IPA^(key): /ɾeː.kʰɑː/

रेखा • (rekhā) f

1. line
2. curve, stroke

रेखा • (rekhā) f

1. a scratch, streak, stripe, line Gṛihyās. Yājñ. MBh. &c.
2. a continuous line, row, range, series MBh. Kāv. &c.
3. the first or prime meridian (considered to be a line drawn from लङ्का to मेरु i.e. from Ceylon [supposed to lie on the equator] to the north pole) Sūryas.
4. a right or straight position of all the limbs in dancing Saṃgīt.
5. delineation, outline, drawing, sketch Kāv. Kathās.

• Monier Williams (1899), “रेखा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, OCLC 458052227, page 0887.