Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

kāhala काहल – trumpet

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive neuter
Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

kāhala ·a. improper, unbecoming (speech); m. a large drum, f. ā a cert. wind-instrument.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

kāhala kāhala, as, ā, am, dry, withered; large, excessive; mischievous; (as), m. a cat; a cock; a sound in general; (ā), f. a kind of musical instrument; N. of an Apsaras; (ī), f. a young woman; (am), n. indistinct speech; a kind of musical instrument; (as, ā, am), m. f. n. a horn, either a cow- horn or an instrument of that shape; a large drum; (am), ind. much, excessively.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

kāhala 1〉 adj. a〉 trocken. — b〉 übermässig. — c〉 bösartig H. an. 3,635. MED. l. 75. — 2〉 m. a〉 Katze ŚABDAM._im_ŚKDR. — b〉 Hahn MED. — c〉 eine grosse Trommel HĀR. 143. bheriveṇuvīṇāmṛdaṅgatālapaṭahaśaṅkhakāhalādibhedena (kann auch f. oder n. sein) śabdā anekavidhāḥ PAÑCAT. 20,8. Vgl. kālahaka. — d〉 Laut (śabdamātra) MED. — 3〉 f. kāhalā a〉 ein best. musikalisches Instrument TRIK. 1,1,119. H. ś. 84. MED. RĀJA-TAR. 5,464. — b〉 N. pr. einer Apsaras MED. — 4〉 f. kāhalī ein junges Weib H. an. MED. HĀR. 135. — 5〉 n. a〉 eine undeutliche Rede. — b〉 ein best. musik. Instrument H. an.

Original text · German · adjective

kāhala adj. unanständig: kāhalamuktvā SĀMAVIDH. BR. 1,5,5. unanständige Worte im Munde führend; davon nom. abstr. ˚tva n. HEM. YOGAŚ. 2,53.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

kāhala 2〉e〉 N. pr. eines Autors Verz. d. Oxf. H. 113,b,17. — Vgl. pattrakāhalā.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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kāhala — 1〉 Adj. — a〉 unanständig. ˚laṃ vac. — b〉 unanständige Worte im Munde führend. Dazu [Page2-063-c] Nom. abstr. ˚tva n. — c〉 *undeutlich redend. — d〉 *bösartig. — e〉 *übermässig. — f〉 *trocken. — 2〉 m. — a〉 eine grosse Trommel. — b〉 *Laut, Ton. — c〉 *Katze. — d〉 *Hahn. — e〉 N. pr. eines Autors. — 3〉 f. ā — a〉 ein best. Blaseinstrument S. S. S. 177. Vgl. WRIGHT, Hist. of. Nep. 294. — b〉 *ein berauschendes Getränk GAL. — c〉 *eine Affenart. — d〉 *N. pr. einer Apsaras. — 4〉 *f. ī — a〉 ein junges Weib. — b〉 N. pr. der Gattin Varuṇaʼs GAL. — 5〉 *n. — a〉 eine undeutliche Rede. — b〉 ein best. musik. Instrument.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

kāhala 1〉 (f. ā) e〉f〉 und 3〉a〉 ŚIŚ. 18,54. [Nachtrag, Band 5]

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kāhala II. 5. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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kāhala a. 1 Dry, withered. 2 Mischievous. 3 Excessive, spacious, large. — laḥ 1 A cat. 2 A cock. 3 A crow. 4 A sound in general. — laṃ 1 Indistinct speech. 2 A kind of musical instrument; Śi. 18. 54. — laṃ ind. Very much, excessively; Śi. 18. 54. — lā A large drum (military). — lī A young woman. — laḥ, -lā, -laṃ A horn.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

kāhala unanständig.

Burnouf 1866 adjective · substantive neuter

Original text · French · adjective

kāhala kāhala a. (kā; ah aller; sf. ala) qui s'étend au loin, large, très-grand.

Original text · French · adjective

kāhala kāhala a. sec, desséché: fané, flétri. De mauvaise qualité; nuisible.

Original text · French · substantive neuter

kāhala kāhala n. (kā; ah dire) langage indistinct, mal articulé; — M. son en général; coq; chat: — m. f. instrument de musique, sorte de gros tambour ou timbale. — kāhalā f. son musical quelconque; np. d'une Apsaras, cf. ahalyā. — kāhalī f. jeune femme. kāhatāpuṣpa m. datura metel ou pomme épineuse, bot.

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HP 1 occurrence
HP 4.37-4.46: Listening to Nāda 1 occurrence

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