Lekhā
Lekhā,(f.) [fr.likh; Vedic lekhā.See also rekhā & lekha] 1.streak,line VvA.277 (=rāji); canda° crescent moon [cp.Epic candralekhā Mbh 3,1831] Vism.168; DhsA.151.-- 2.a scratch,line A.I,283; Pug.32; J.VI,56 (lekhaṁ kaḍḍhati).-- 3.writing,inscription,letter Vin.III,76 (°ṁ chindati destroy the letter); J.I,451 (on a phalaka); Miln.349 (°ācariya teacher of writing); PvA.20 (°paṇṇa,letter so read for likhā°).-- 4.the art of writing or drawing [=lipi Hemacandra],writing as an art.It is classed as a respectable (ukkaṭṭha) profession (sippa) Vin.IV,7; and mentioned by the side of muddā and gaṇanā Vin.IV,7,128=I.77; cp.Vin.IV,305.(Page 586)