Lākhā (f.) [cp. Sk. dākṣā] lac; lac -- dye; enumd with other colourings at M i.127=S ii.101=A iii.230. -- SnA 577; Vism 261 (as colour of blood).

 -- ācariya expert in lac -- dyeing SnA 577. -- guḷaka a ball of lac SnA 80. -- goḷaka id. SnA 577. -- tamba copper coloured with lac Th 2, 440 (=lākhā -- rasarattehi viya tambehi lomehi samannāgata ThA 270). -- rasa essence of lac, used for dyeing; lac -- colouring J v.215 (˚ratta -- succhavi); vi.269 (id.); KhA 62, 63; ThA 270.