tilak

[ til-uhk ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural til·ak, til·aks.

a distinctive spot of colored powder or paste worn on the forehead by Hindu men and women as a religious symbol.

Tilak

/ ˈtɪlək /

TilakBal Gangadhar18561920MIndianPOLITICS: nationalist leaderEDUCATION: educationalistMISC: scholar Bal Gangadhar (ˈbæl ˈɡæŋədɑː), also called Lokamanya. 1856–1920, Indian nationalist leader, educationalist, and scholar, who founded (1914) the Indian Home Rule League

tilak

/ ˈtɪlək /

a coloured spot or mark worn by Hindus, esp on the forehead, often indicating membership of a religious sect, caste, etc, or (in the case of a woman) marital status

Origin of tilak¹

From the Sanskrit word tilaka

Origin of tilak¹

from Sanskrit tilaka

It is a very different influence from that of Mr. Tilak, to whom he is sometimes, but quite wrongly, compared.

Mr. Tilak belonged by birth to a powerful Deccani Brahman caste with hereditary traditions of rulership.

His private life is unimpeachable—the only point indeed in which Mr. Tilak resembled him.

But my revered friend, Mr. Tilak said that this scheme is very much better than the Bengal scheme or any other scheme.

His associates asked him why he had dared to alter his tilak or sect-mark.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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