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Tilak vs Tika - What's the difference?

tilak | tika |

As nouns the difference between tilak and tika

is that tilak is a mark or symbol worn on the forehead by Hindus, ornamentally or as an indication of status while tika is a tilak.

tilak

English

Alternative forms

* tilaka

Noun

(en noun)
  • A mark or symbol worn on the forehead by Hindus, ornamentally or as an indication of status.
  • * 2001 , (Yann Martel), Life of Pi :
  • I wore these spots of shine and silver like tilaks , the marks of colour that we Hindus wear on our foreheads as symbols of the divine.
  • * 2012 , (Jake Halpern), "The Secret of the Temple", The New Yorker , 30 Apr 2012:
  • He dressed in a dhoti, had a wispy white beard that trailed down to his waist, and regularly smeared across his forehead a tilaka , a pitchfork-shaped design that signifies enlightenment.

    tika

    English

    Alternative forms

    *tikka

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A tilak.
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