Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

hālāhala हालाहल – Hālāhala; deadly poison

substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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AYI dictionary substantive neuter

Hālāhala; deadly poison

Cappeller 1891 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

hālāhala ·m. a cert. deadly poison.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine

Original text · English · substantive masculine

Hālāhala, as, m. a sort of worm or insect; a kind of lizard or newt; (ā), f. a small mouse; (ī), f. spirituous liquor, wine; (am), n. the above deadly poison or any poison, venom; spirituous liquor.

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

hālāhala 1〉 m. a〉 eine best. Giftpflanze, welche im Himālaya in Kiṣkindhā und am Meere in Koṅkaṇa wachsen soll; ihre Früchte gleichen den Zitzen einer Kuh BHĀVAPR. 5. — b〉 eine Eidechsenart HALĀY. 2,102. — c〉 = 4〉 H. 1195, Schol. Spr. (II) 7388. — 2〉 f. ā eine kleine Mausart JAṬĀDH._im_ŚKDR. — 3〉 f. ī Branntwein RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. — 4〉 n. ein best. starkes Gift, das aus den Knollen des Hālāhala bereitet wird; nach R. und BHĀG. P. das bei der Quirlung des Oceans gewonnene Gift. TRIK. 1,2,4. RĀJAN. 6,224. R. 1,45,21. SUŚR. 2,252,7. Spr. (II) 814. Spr. (II) 2992. Spr. (II) 4677. Spr. (II) 5499. Spr. (II) 5957. Spr. (II) 7124. Spr. (II) 7387. HEM. YOGAŚ. 3,15. BHĀG. P. 8,7,18. BHĀG. P. 8,7,42. — Vgl. halāhala, hālahala, hālahāla.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

hālāhala — 1〉 m. — a〉 eine best. Giftpflanze (ihre Früchte gleichen den Zitzen einer Kuh) Mat. med. 98. BHĀVAPR. 1,270. — b〉 eine Eidechsenart. — c〉 eine Art Spinne RĀJAN. 19,65. — 2〉 m. (selten) und n. ein best. starkes Gift, das aus den Knollen des Hālāhala bereitet wird. Nach R. und BHĀG. P. das bei der Quirlung des Oceans gewonnene Gift. — 3〉 f. ā eine kleine Mausart. — 4〉 f. ī Branntwein.

Apte 1890 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

hālāhalaḥ 1 A kind of insect. 2 A kind of lizard. — lā A small mouse. — lī Spirituous liquor. — laṃ 1 = hālahala (1). 2 Spirituous liquor.

Original text · English · substantive neuter

hāla(lā)halaṃ 1 A sort of deadly poison produced at the churning of the ocean; (being of a very virulent character it began to burn up everything when it was swallowed by the god Śiva); ahameva guruḥ sudāruṇānāmiti hālāhala māsma tāta dṛṣyaḥ . nanu saṃti bhavādṛśāni bhūyo bhuvane'smin vacanāni durjanānāṃ Subhāṣ. 2 (Hence) A deadly poison or poison in general; see Bv. 1. 95, Bv. 2. 73; Pt. 1. 188. (Also written halāhala or hālahāla).

Cappeller 1887 substantive masculine

Original text · German · substantive masculine

hālāhala m. eine best. Giftpflanze; n. das Gift aus ders.

Occurrences in source texts (1)

MAN 1 occurrence
Aṣṭāṅga Yoga Mantra 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

  • MAN AY 1.2 Segment 4

    Attested form: hālāhala Grammar of the segment: tatpuruṣa-compound genitive

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