Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

dala दल – a piece torn or split off

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

dala ·n. a piece split off, fragment, portion; blade, petal, leaf.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

Dala, am, n. (according to lexicographers also as, m.), a piece torn or split off; a part, a portion, a fragment, a rent, side [cf. aṣṭa-dala]; a degree; a half, the half (e. g. ahar-dala, mid-day); a sheath, scabbard; a small shoot, blade, petal, leaf (i. e. what unfolds itself; often occurring at the end of names of plants, the fem. being dalā; cf. udumbara-d˚, karkaśa-d˚, kāma-khaḍga-d˚, kṣāra-d˚); the blade of anything (as of a knife &c.); a clump, lump, heap, quantity; a detachment, body of men; dividing, tearing, cutting, splitting, &c.; an adulteration or alloy; (as), m., N. of a prince; (ī), f., see dali below; [cf. Hib. duille, ‘a leaf.’]

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective

dala 1〉a〉 Z. 5 dvidala adj. bedeutet gabelförmig und m. Gabel. — c〉 Hemistich Ind. St. 8,295. fg. Ind. St. 8,299. Ind. St. 8,303. fg. Ind. St. 8,305. fg. Ind. St. 8,322. — e〉 häufig Blüthenblatt, so z. B. in der ersten Stelle MBH. 3,15533; vgl. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 303. fgg. WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 310. fg. Die Lippe dala genannt Spr. 3985.

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

dala (von dal) 1〉 m.n. TRIK. 3,5,11. a〉 n. ein abgerissener Theil, Stück, = khaṇḍa MED. l. 26. tāḍyāḥ syū rajjvā veṇudalena vā mit einem Bambusstöckchen M. 8,299. kukkuṭāṇḍadalāni Eierschalen SUŚR. 2,357,4. elādala SUŚR. 259,11. abhra˚ SUŚR. 311,10. Am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ā ŚIŚ. 4,44. dvidala adj. entzweigebrochen HARIV. 15522. HARIV. 15533. HARIV. 15599. Vgl. carma˚. — b〉 Theil so v. a. Grad VARĀH. BṚH. 18,4. — c〉 n. Hälfte TRIK. 3,3,396. H. 1434. H. an. 2,493. MED. masūradalamātramukha SUŚR. 1,25,2. kolāsthidala˚ SUŚR. 6. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 52,15. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 58,27. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 82 (80,b),10. SŪRYAS. 2,60. SŪRYAS. 2,62. SŪRYAS. 3,10. SŪRYAS. 4,15. SŪRYAS. 5,16. SŪRYAS. 5,17. ahardala, dyudala Mittag SŪRYAS. 3,22. SŪRYAS. 3,26. — d〉 n. Scheide TRIK. H. an. MED. — e〉 n. Blatt (was auseinandergeht, sich entfaltet) AK. 2,4,1,14. AK. 3,4,31,238. TRIK. H. 1123. H. an. MED. nīlotpaladalaśyāma MBH. 3,15533. śayyām — vṛkṣadalaiḥ kṛtām R. 2,46,14. prabāladalanicaya SUŚR. 2,2,10. dalatvacaṃ cūtaharītakīnām SUŚR. 67,8. BHARTṚ. 1,94. ŚĀK. 69. ŚĀK. 70. RAGH. 4,42. MEGH. 45. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 68,7. BṚH. 26 (25), 29. KATHĀS. 23,69. BHĀG. P. 5,21,2. balivalgudalodara BHĀG. P. 4,21,16. BHĀG. P. 4,24,50. PRAB. 101,17. Sehr häufig am Ende von Pflanzennamen (f. ā); s. udumbaradalā, karkaśa˚, kāmakhaṅga˚, kṣāra˚, khara˚, gandha˚, tri˚, triśikhi˚, tridalikā. dala = tamālapattra RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. — f〉 = ghana Klumpen, Masse, Haufe ŚABDAR._im_ŚKDR. — g〉 = utsedhavadvastu H. an. = utsedha und avadravya (apadravya ŚKDR.) MED. dividing, tearing, cutting, splitting etc. und a substance divided or separated violently WILS. in der 1sten Aufl.; in der 2ten Aufl. st. der 2ten Bed.: an adulteration or alloy. — 2〉 m. N. pr. eines Fürsten MBH. 3,13178. VP. 386. — Vgl. aṣṭa˚.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive masculine

dala — 1〉 (*m.) m. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — a〉 ein abgerissener Theil, Stück NAIṢ. 7,31. — b〉 Theil, so v. a. Grad. — c〉 Hälfte. adhara˚ Lippe Spr. 1953. — d〉 Blatt, Blüthenblatt. — e〉 *Zimmetblatt RĀJAN. 6,175. — f〉 unreines Gold BHĀVAPR. 2,83. — g〉 *Klumpen, Masse, Haufe. — h〉 *= utsedhavadvastu, utasedha, avadravya (apadravya). — i〉 *dividing, tearing, cutting, splitting etc. — k〉 HEMĀDRI 1,291,13. 20 fehlerhaft für hala. — 2〉 m. N. pr. eines Fürsten.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

dala III. 1〉g〉 ebend. 260. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Apte 1890 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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dalaḥ -laṃ [dal-ac] 1 (a) A piece, portion, part, fragment; Śi. 4. 44. (b) A piece torn or split off. (c) Tearing, cutting. 2 A degree. 3 A half, the half. 4 A sheath, scabbard. 5 A small shoot or blade, a petal, leaf; R. 4. 42; Ś. 3. 21, Ś. 3. 22. 6 The blade of any weapon. 7 A clump, heap, quantity. 8 A detachment, a body of troops. 9 Alloy or adulteration. Comp. — āḍhakaḥ 1 foam. 2 a cuttle-fish bone. 3 a ditch, moat. 4 a hurricane, high wind. 5 red chalk. 6 wild sesamum. 7 the Kunda creeper. 8 a Śūdra. 9 the headman of a village. 10 an elephant's ear. — āḍhyaṃ mud on the banks of a river. — kapāḍhaḥ a folded leaf. — komalaṃ a lotus. — koṣaḥ the Kunda creeper. — nirmokaḥ the ([Page 0559-b]) Bhūrja tree. — puṣpā the Ketaka plant. — sūciḥ, -cī f. a thorn. — snasā the fibre or vein of a leaf.

Original text · English · substantive neuter

dalaḥ -laṃ [dal-ac] 1 (a) A piece, portion, part, fragment; Śi. 4. 44. (b) A piece torn or split off. (c) Tearing, cutting. 2 A degree. 3 A half, the half. 4 A sheath, scabbard. 5 A small shoot or blade, a petal, leaf; R. 4. 42; Ś. 3. 21, Ś. 3. 22. 6 The blade of any weapon. 7 A clump, heap, quantity. 8 A detachment, a body of troops. 9 Alloy or adulteration. Comp. — āḍhakaḥ 1 foam. 2 a cuttle-fish bone. 3 a ditch, moat. 4 a hurricane, high wind. 5 red chalk. 6 wild sesamum. 7 the Kunda creeper. 8 a Śūdra. 9 the headman of a village. 10 an elephant's ear. — āḍhyaṃ mud on the banks of a river. — kapāḍhaḥ a folded leaf. — komalaṃ a lotus. — koṣaḥ the Kunda creeper. — nirmokaḥ the ([Page 0559-b]) Bhūrja tree. — puṣpā the Ketaka plant. — sūciḥ, -cī f. a thorn. — snasā the fibre or vein of a leaf.

Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

dala n. Teil, Stück; Blatt.

Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter

Original text · French · substantive neuter

dala dala n. action de fendre, de briser. Fragment, portion; substance divisée. mise en morceaux; tas, quantité. Feuille, en gén. [m. n.]; feuille de tamāla, n. Gaîne, fourreau. dalakoṣa m. jasmin velu, bot. dalana n. (sfx. ana) action de fendre. — dalanī f. motte de terre. dalapa m. or [métal]. Institution sacrée, établissement sacré. dalapuṣpī f. pandanus odoratissimus, bot. dalayāmi et dālayāmi (c. de dal). Fendre; briser. dalasūci m. aiguillon, épine. dalasnasā f. nervure de feuille. dalāḍhaka m. (ā; ḍhauk ?) ouragan, grand vent. Fossé. Chef de village ou chef des paysans. Craie rouge. Os de sèche. Oreille d'éléphant. Nom de divers végétaux: sésame, jasmin, mimosa, pistia, mesua. dalāḍhya m. vase, limon. dalāmla n. (amla) oseille.

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