alipta
The English word “alipta” has 3 meanings listed here.
noun
- An official responsible for training and anointing athletes for the games.
- alipta muscata, a medicinal paste.
- One of the four margas (traditional techniques for playing percussive intruments), which combines strokes of the vamaka and urdhavaka drums.
Etymology
From Latin alipta (“trainer of wrestlers or gymnasts”), from Ancient Greek ἀλείπτης (aleíptēs).
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