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• पत्रं [पत्-ष्ट्रन्]
  1 A leaf (of a tree); धत्ते भरं कुसुमपत्रफलावलीनां Bv. 1. 94.
  2 The leaf of a flower, lotus &c.; नीलोत्पलपत्रधारया Ś. 1. 18.
  3 A leaf for writing upon, a paper, a leaf written upon; पत्रमारोप्य दीयतां Ś. 6 ‘commit to writing;’ V. 2. 14.
  4 A letter, document; Pt. 1. 403.
  5 Any thin leaf or plate of metal, a gold-leaf.
  6 The wing of a bird, a pinion, feather of an arrow; R. 2. 31; Ku. 3. 27.
  7 A vehicle in general (car, horse, camel &c.); दिशः पपात पत्रेण वेगनिष्कंपकेतुना R. 15. 84; N. 3. 16.
  8 Painting the person (particularly the face) with musk, sandal-juice or other fragrant substances; रचय कुचयोः पत्रं चित्रं कुरुष्व कपोलयोः Gīt. 12; R. 13. 55.
  9 The blade of a sword, knife &c.
  10 A knife, dagger.
  Comp.
  — अंगं
  1 the Bhūrja tree.
  2 red sanders.
  — अंगुलिः drawing lines of painting with the finger on the person (throat, forehead &c.) with coloured sandal, saffron, or any other fragrant substance.
  — अंजनं
  1 ink.
  2 blacking.
  — आढ्यं the root of long pepper.
  — आवलिः f.
  1 red chalk.
  2 a row of leaves.
  3 the lines of painting drawn on the body with cosmetics as a decoration.
  — आवली
  1 a row of leaves.
  2 = °आवलि (3).
  3 mixture of young Aśvattha leaves with barley and honey.
  — आहारः feeding on leaves.
  — ऊर्णं wove-silk, a silk-garment; स्नानीयवस्त्रक्रियया पत्रोर्णं वोपयुज्यते M. 5. 12.
  — उल्लासः the bud or eye of a plant.
  — काहला the noise or sound made by the flapping of wings or rustling of leaves.
  — कृच्छ्रं a sort of penance, drinking the infusion of leaves of various plants.
  — घना a plant with full leaves (सातल).
  — झंकारः the current of a river.
  — दारकः a saw.
  — नाडिका the fibre of a leaf.
  — परशुः a file.
  — पालः a long dagger, large knife. (
  — ली)
  1 the feathered part of an arrow.
  2 a pair of scissors.
  — पाश्या an ornament (a gold-leaf) on the forehead.
  — पुटं a vessel of leaves; R. 2. 65.
  — पुष्पा the holy basil.
  — बंधः adorning with flowers.
  — बा (वा) लः an oar.
  — भंगः भांगिः गी f. drawing lines or figures of painting on the face and person with fragrant and coloured substances, such as musk, saffron, sandal-juice, yellow pigment &c., as a mark of decoration; कस्तूरीवरपत्रभंगनिकरो मृष्टो न गंडस्थले Ś. Til. 7 (used frequently in K.).
  — यौवनं a young leaf or sprout.
  — रंजनं embellishing a page.
  — रथः a bird; व्यर्थीकृतं पत्ररथेन तेन N. 3. 6. °इंद्रः N. of Garuḍa. °इंद्रकेतुः N. of Viṣṇu; R. 18. 13.
  — लता a long knife or poniard.
  — रे (ले) खा,
  — वल्लरी, वल्लिः, वल्ली f. see पत्रभंग above; R. 6. 72, 16. 67; Rs. 6. 7; Śi. 8. 56, 59.
  — वाज a. furnished with feathers (as an arrow).
  — वाहः
  1 a bird; Śi. 18. 73.
  2 an arrow.
  3 a letter-carrier.
  — विशेषकः lines of painting &c.; see पत्रभंग; Ku. 3. 33; R. 3. 55, 9. 29.
  — वेष्टः a kind of ear-ring; R. 16. 67.
  — शाकः a vegetable consisting chiefly of leaves.
  — शिरा the vein or fibre of a leaf.
  — श्रेष्ठः the Bilva tree.
  — सूचिः f. a thorn.
  — हिमं wintry or snowy weather.

• पत्र(त्त्र)
  n. (-त्रं)
  1. A leaf.
  2. A vehicle in general; as a car, a horse, a camel, &c.
  3. The wing of a bird.
  4. The feather of an arrow. 5. The leaf of the Laurus cassia.
  6. The leaf of a book.
  7. Gold leaf, &c. any thin sheet or plate of metal.
  8. A letter.
  9. The blade of a weapon.
  10. Painting the person as a decoration. 11. A knife, a dagger.
  12. The leaf of a flower.
  nf. (-त्रं-त्री) A letter, any written document or address.
  E. पत् to go, ष्ट्रन् aff. and one त rejected; also sometimes पत्त्र ।