Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

kalā कला – part; lunar digit; kalā

adjective · substantive feminine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary substantive feminine · substantive neuter

substantive feminine

part; lunar digit; kalā

substantive neuter

part; tongue

Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

kalā́ ·f. a small part, esp. a sixteenth of the moon's orb; a cert. small division of time; an art (there are 64).

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

kalā kalā, f. (said to be fr. 3. kal), a small part of anything, any single part or portion of a whole, but especially a sixteenth part; a digit or one sixteenth of the moon's diameter (personified as a daughter of Kardama and wife of Marīci); interest on capital, considered as a certain part of it; a division of time (according to some (1/900) of a day, i. e. 1 minute and 36 seconds; according to others (1/1800) of a day, i. e. 48 seconds; according to others 20(1/10) Kalās = 1 Muhūrta or (1/30) of a day, therefore 1 Kalā = 2 minutes and 26(54/201) seconds; according to others 30(1/10) Kalās = 1 Muhūrta, therefore 1 Kalā = 1 minute and 35(205/301) seconds; according to others 1 Kalā = 8 seconds); the sixtieth part of one thirtieth of a zodiacal sign, a minute of a degree; (in prosody) a syllabic instant; a term for the seven substrata of the elements or Dhātus of the human body (which according to one reckoning are seven, as follows, flesh, blood, fat, phlegm, urine, bile, and semen; but according to Hemacandra rasa ‘chyle,’ asthi ‘bone,’ and majja ‘marrow,’ take the place of phlegm, urine, and bile); an atom (there are 3015 Kalās or atoms in every one of the six Dhātus, not counting the rasa, therefore in all 18090); a small round lump, a term for the embryo shortly after conception [cf. kalana]; the menstrual discharge; any practical art, any mechanical or fine art (sixty-four such are enu- merated, as carpentering, architecture, jewellery, far- riery, acting, dancing, music, medicine, poetry, &c.); skill, ingenuity, contrivance, fraud, deceit; a boat; title of a grammatical commentary; N. of a deity; [cf. a-kala, niṣkala, sakala.]

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective

kalā 1〉 aṃśa, kalā, kalāṃśāṃśa der Prakṛti Verz. d. Oxf. H. 23,a,28. fg. mumocāśrukalāṃ muhuḥ BHĀG. P. 10,17,19. BHĀG. P. 10,73,35. aśrukalābhiḥ BHĀG. P. 11,29,45. — 4〉 2 ⁷⁸⁄₂₀₁ Minuten WEBER, JYOT. 105. — 6〉 Ind. St. 8,309. — 8〉 ŚĀRṄG. SAṂH. 1,5,2. Bei den Pāśupata sg. die Elemente der materiellen Welt: cetanaparatantratve satyacetanā kalā . sāpi dvividhā kāryākhyā kāraṇākhyā ceti . tatra kāryākhyā daśavidhā pṛthivyādīni pañca tattvāni rūpādayaḥ pañca guṇāśceti . kāraṇākhyā trayodaśavidhā jñānendriyapañcakaṃ karmendriyapañcakam — buddhyahaṃkāramanolakṣaṇamantaḥkaraṇatrayaṃ ceti SARVADARŚANAS. 77,1. fgg. SARVADARŚANAS. 76,17. SARVADARŚANAS. 85,14. fgg. SARVADARŚANAS. 86,15. SARVADARŚANAS. 87,3. fgg. SARVADARŚANAS. 87,8. SARVADARŚANAS. 88,3. fgg. SARVADARŚANAS. 90,2. — 11〉 ˚kalāpa Spr. 3016. ˚jña adj. (f. ā) VARĀH. BṚH. 24,13. m. Künstler BṚH. S. 53,8. ˚vid dass. BṚH. S. 5,37. BṚH. 18,15. ˚vidvaṃs dass. BṚH. S. 33,19. Verbessere einige der angeführten 64 Kalā nach Verz. d. Oxf. H. 217,a,1. fgg. und dem Schol. zu BHĀG. P. 10,45,36. Sp. 159, Z. 3 ist ākaṣakraḍā Druckfehler für ākaṣakrīḍā und dieses fehlerhaft für ākarṣa˚. — 14〉 = avidyā WEBER, RĀMAT. UP. 335. — 15〉 N. der Dākṣāyaṇī an der Candrabhāgā Verz. d. Oxf. H. 39,b,30. — Vgl. mahā˚.

Original text · German · substantive feminine

kálā und kalā́ (zu belegen nur mit dieser Betonung) f. ŚĀNT. 3,8. 1〉 ein kleiner Theil eines Ganzen, namentlich gebraucht vom Sechzehntel TRIK. 3,3,382. MED. l. 5. yatka̱layā̀ te śa̱phenà te krīṇā̱mīti̱ paṇe̱tāgòargha̱ṃ somàṃ kuryāt wenn er um den Soma feilscht, indem er sagt: ich will ihn dir für ein Sechzehntel, für ein Achtel abkaufen, so lässt er damit dem Soma nicht den Werth einer ganzen Kuh TS. 6,1,10,1. ŚAT. BR. 3,3,3,1. yathā̀ ka̱lāṃ yathā̀ śa̱phaṃ yathà ṛ̱ṇaṃ sa̱ṃnayā̀masi ṚV. 8,47,17. yo vai kalā manuṣyāṇāmakṣaraṃ taddevānām ŚAT. BR. 10,4,1,16. fg. ṣoḍaśakalā vā paśavo 'nukalamevāsmiṃ chriyaṃ dadhati ŚAT. BR. 12,8,3,13. prajāpatiḥ ṣoḍaśakalaḥ ŚAT. BR. 14,4,3,22. ŚAT. BR. 7,2,2,17. puruṣaḥ ŚAT. BR. 11,1,6,36. ŚAT. BR. 13,2,2,17. AIT. BR. 5,26. PRAŚNOP. 6,2. CHĀND. UP. 4,5,2. CHĀND. UP. 4,5,3. CHĀND. UP. 4,6,3. CHĀND. UP. 4,5,4. CHĀND. UP. 4,7,3. CHĀND. UP. 4,5,4. CHĀND. UP. 4,8,3. CHĀND. UP. 4,5,4. NIR. 11,12. sahasratamīṃ kalām ŚAT. BR. 10,4,4,4. anṛtaṃ tu vadandaṇḍyaḥ svavittasyāṃśamaṣṭamam . tasyaiva vā nidhānasya saṃkhyāyālpīyasīṃ kalām .. M. 8,36. nārāyaṇakalāḥ BHĀG. P. 1,2,26. BHĀG. P. 1,1,17. BHĀG. P. 1,3,1. BHĀG. P. 4,8,7. dharmakalā BHĀG. P. 1,3,9. anutāpakalayā BHĀG. P. 3,15,36. BHĀG. P. 3,15,39. rājyaṃ ca putrāśca yaśo dhanaṃ ca sarvaṃ na satyasya kalāmupaiti kommt nicht einem Sechzehntel der Wahrheit gleich d. h. ist weit weniger werth als die Wahrheit MBH. 3,1375. so 'hamasminsamārambhe sunītasya kalāmapi . vimṛśannābhipaśyāmi hierin sehe ich auch nicht die geringste Klugheit R. 3,46,11. sarve te japayajñasya kalāṃ nārhanti ṣoḍaśīm M. 2,86. ARJ. 11,3. MBH. 1,4032. MBH. 3,8429. PAÑCAT. II, 58. Vgl. kalāpūrṇa. — 2〉 ein Sechzehntel der Mondscheibe AK. 1,1,2,17. AK. 1,1,3,8 H. 106. H. an. 2,477. MED. śaśinaḥ kalā HIT. Pr. 1. KUMĀRAS. 5,71. MEGH. 87. ŚIŚ. 9,32. śaśikalā VID. 101. candrakalā KATHĀS. 1,39. Personif. eine Tochter Kardamaʼs und Gemahlin Marīciʼs BHĀG. P. 3,24,22. BHĀG. P. 4,1,13. — 3〉 Zins, als ein bestimmter Theil des Kapitals TRIK. H. an. MED. NIR. 6,6. ŚIŚ. 9,32. — 4〉 ein best. Zeittheil AK. 3,4,26,200. H. an. MED. ¹⁄₉₀₀ des Tages oder 4 Minute und 36 Secunden nach M. 1,64. HARIV. 501. VP. 22. ¹⁄₁₈₀₀ des Tages oder 48 Secunden JYOT._in_LIA. I, 823. Sch. zu VP. 22. 20 ¹⁄₁₀ Kalā = 1 Muhūrta oder ¹⁄₃₀ des Tages, also 1 Kalā = 2 Minuten und 26 ⁵⁴⁄₂₀₁ Secunden SUŚR. 1,19,5. 30 ¹⁄₁₀ Kalā = 1 Muhūrta, also 1 Kalā = 1 Minute und 35 ²⁰⁵⁄₃₀₁ Secunden MBH._in_VP. 22, N. 3. VP. 22,1 Kalā = 8 Secunden BHAVIṢYA-P. a. a. O. AK. 1,1,3,11. H. 136. — MBH. 3,150. DEV. 11,8. — 5〉 der 60ste Theil oder eine Minute eines Grades SŪRYASIDDH._im_ŚKDR. COLEBR. Misc. Ess. II, 151. — 6〉 eine Mora (in der Prosodie) COLEBR. Misc. Ess. II, 151. — 7〉 Atom(?): sa (rasaḥ) khalu trīṇi trīṇi kalāsahasrāṇi pañcadaśa ca kalā ekakaismindhātāvavatiṣṭhata evaṃ māsena rasaḥ śuklībhavati strīṇāṃ cārtavamiti . bhavati cātra . aṣṭādaśa sahasrāṇi saṃkhyā hyasminsamuccaye . kalānāṃ navatiḥ proktā svatantraparatantrayoḥ .. in jedem der 6 Dhātu (mit Ausschluss des rasa selbst) 3015 Kalā, also in der Gesammtheit 18090 SUŚR. 1,44,6. fgg. — 8〉 Bez. der Substrate der Elemente (dhātu) des menschlichen Leibes, deren sieben gezählt werden: Fleisch, Blut, Fett, zäher Schleim, Urin, Galle, Samen SUŚR. 1,326,13. SUŚR. 1,326,18. SUŚR. 1,337,15. SUŚR. 1,326,19. SUŚR. 2,268,21. SUŚR. 2,269,2. SUŚR. 2,443,12. — 9〉 Flöckchen, Knöllchen, ein Embryo unmittelbar nach der Zeugung (kalana) H. an. VAIJ. beim Sch. zu ŚIŚ. 1,59. MED. (kalanā). — 10〉 die monatliche Reinigung VIŚVA_im_ŚKDR. — 11〉 Kunstgriff, Kunstfertigkeit (= kapaṭa VIŚVA_im_ŚKDR.), Kunst (namentlich eine schöne Kunst), Handwerk AK. 3,4,26,200. AK. 3,2,10,35. H. 900. H. an. MED. gītavāditrakuśalāḥ nṛtyeṣu kuśalāstathā . upāyajñāḥ kalā jñāśca vaiśike pariniṣṭhitāḥ (yoṣitaḥ) .. R. 1,9,8. upasaṃveśayanrājaṃstatastāṃ drupadātmajām .. kalābhistisṛbhī rājanyathāvidhi manasvinīm .. MBH. 14,2645. fg. catuḥṣaṣṭyaṅgamadadatkalājñānaṃ mamādbhutam MBH. 13,1334. ahaṃ kalānāmṛṣabho vimuhye yayā (māyayā) vaśo 'nye kimutāsvatantrāḥ BHĀG. P. 8,12,43. ye caivaṃ puruṣāḥ kalāsu kuśalāsteṣveva lokasthitiḥ BHARTṚ. 2,19. BHARTṚ. 2,91. sakalakalāpāraṃ gato 'maraśaktirnāma rājā PAÑCAT. 3,11. PAÑCAT. I, 4. kalāṃ vaiśikīm MṚCCH. 1,15. sāhityasaṃgītakalāvihīnaḥ BHARTṚ. Suppl. 2. dyūtakalā KATHĀS. 6,26. nijabāṇijyakalākauśalavādin KATHĀS. 27. kalā nṛtyādikā SĀH. D. 33,7. SĀH. D. 33,6. SĀH. D. 1,15. SĀH. D. 35,12. DAŚAK. 60,12. DAŚAK. 60,14. DAŚAK. 61,1. catuḥṣaṣṭikalāgamaprayogacatura DAŚAK. 140,4. DHŪRTAS. 68,14. Ind. St. 2,390. Ind. St. 1,10. ŚRĪDHARASVĀMIN_zu_BHĀG. P. führt aus dem ŚAIVATANTRA folg. 64 Kalā (vgl. o. d. Beisp. aus MBH. 13,1334) auf: gītam, vādyam, nṛtyam, nāṭyam, ālekhyam, viśeṣakacchedyam, taṇḍulakusumabalivikārāḥ, puṣpāstaraṇam, daśanavasanāṅgarāgāḥ, maṇibhūmikākarma, śayanaracanam, udakavādyam, udakaghātaḥ, citrā yogāḥ, mālyagrathanavikalpāḥ, śekharāpīḍayojanam . nepathyayogāḥ, karṇapatrabhaṅgāḥ, gandhayuktiḥ, bhūṣaṇayojanam, aindrajālam, kaucumārayogāḥ (!), hastalāghavam, citraśākapūpabhakṣyavikārakriyā, pānakarasarāgāsavayojanam, sūcīvāpakarmāṇi, sūtrakrīḍā (Var.: sūcīvāpakarmasūtrakrīḍā, vīṇāḍamarukavādyāni), prahelikā, pratimālā, durvacakayogāḥ, pustakavācanam, nāṭikākhyāyikādarśanam, kāvyasamasyāpūraṇam, paṭṭikāvetravāṇavikalpāḥ, tarkukarmāṇi, takṣaṇam, vāstuvidyā, rūpyaratnaparīkṣā, dhātuvādaḥ, maṇirāgajñānam, ākarajñānam, vṛkṣāyurvedayogāḥ, meṣakukkuṭalāvakayuddhavidhiḥ, śukasārikāpralāpanam, utsādanam, keśamārjanakauśalam, akṣaramuṣṭikākathanam, mlecchitakavikalpāḥ, deśabhāṣājñānam, puṣpaśakaṭikānimittajñānam, yantramātṛkā, dhāraṇamātṛkā, saṃpāṭyam, mānasī kāvyakriyā, kriyāvikalpāḥ, chalitakayogāḥ, abhidhānakoṣacchandojñānam, vastragopanāni, dyūtaviśeṣaḥ, ākaṣakrīḍā, bālakakrīḍanakāni, vaināyikīnāṃ vidyānāṃ jñānam, vaijayikīnāṃ vi˚ jñā˚, vaitālikīnāṃ (v. l. vaiyāsikīnāṃ) vi˚ jñā˚ ŚKDR. — 12〉 Boot, Schiff VIŚVA_im_ŚKDR. — 13〉 Titel eines gramm. Commentars COLEBR. Misc. Ess. II, 43. — Vgl. akala, niṣkala, sakala.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

kalā 5〉 SŪRYAS. 1,28. SŪRYAS. 1,61. SŪRYAS. 1,67. SŪRYAS. 2,49. SŪRYAS. 4,19. SŪRYAS. 7,3. SŪRYAS. 9,10. SŪRYAS. 14,11.

Apte 1890 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

kalā [kal-kac] 1 A small part of anything; U. 1. 1; a bit, jot; kalāmapyakṛtapārelaṃbaḥ K. 304; sarve te mitragātrasya kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīṃ Pt. 2. 55; Ms. 2. 86, Ms. 8. 36. 2 A digit of the moon (these are sixteen); jagati jayinaste te bhāvā naveṃdukalādayaḥ Māl. 1. 36; Ku. 5. 71; Me. 89. 3 Interest on capital (consideration paid for the use of money); ghanavīthivīthimavatīrṇavato nidhiraṃbhasāmupacayāya kalāḥ Śi. 9. 32 (where kalā means ‘digits’ also). 4 A division of time variously computed; one minute, 48 seconds, or 8 seconds. 5 The 60th part of one thirtieth part of a zodiacal sign, a minute of a degree. 6 Any practical art (mechanical or fine); there are 64 such arts, as music, dancing &c. 7 Skill, ingenuity. 8 Fraud, deceit. 9 (In Prosody) A syllabic instant. 10 A boat. 11 The menstrual discharge. 12 A term for the seven substrata of the elements of the human body; (they are: — ādyā māṃsadharā proktā dvitīyā raktadhāriṇī . medodharā tṛtīyā tu caturthī śleṣmadhāriṇī .. paṃcamī ca malaṃ dhatte ṣaṣṭhī pittadharā matā . retodharā saptamī syāt iti saptakalāḥ smṛtāḥ ..). 13 An atom. 14 A term for the embryo. Comp. — aṃtaraṃ 1 another digit. 2 interest, profit; māse śatasya yadi paṃca kalāṃtaraṃ syāt Līlā. — ayanaḥ a tumbler, a dancer (as on the sharp edge of a sword). — ākulaṃ deadly poison. — keli a. gay, wanton. — (liḥ) an epithet of Kāma. — kṣayaḥ waning (of the moon); R. 5. 16. — dharaḥ, -nidhiḥ, -pūrṇaḥ the moon; aho mahattvaṃ mahatāmapūrvaṃ vipattikālepi paropakāraḥ . yathāsyamadhye patitopi rāhoḥ kalānidhiḥ puṇyacayaṃ dadāti .. Udb. — bhṛt m. 1 the moon. 2 an artist &c.

Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine

Original text · French · substantive feminine

kalā kalā f. (kal 10) portion, partie. Division du temps égale à 30 kāṣṭhās; un doigt, c-à-d. 1/16 du diametre de la lune. L'intérêt d'un capital. Flux menstruel. Fraude. Art, métier. Bateau. Cf. kala n. kalākeli m. celui qui a pour divertissement la tromperie, c-à-d. Kāma.

Occurrences in source texts (20)

HP 8 occurrences
HP 3.32: Preparation for Khecarī 1 occurrence

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HP 3.33-3.48*1: Khecarī and Soma 6 occurrences

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HP 4.0*1-4.0*14: Samādhi and Laya 1 occurrence

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SiSa 6 occurrences
SiSa 2.6-2.12: Mond und Sonne 2 occurrences

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SiSa 2.32-2.34: Inneres Feuer 1 occurrence

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SiSa 4.1-4.8: Yonimudrā-Kreislauf 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.82-5.89: Mūlādhāra 1 occurrence

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SiSa 5.182-5.190: Sahasrāra-Mond 1 occurrence

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SS 3 occurrences
SS 1.2–1.3: Knowledge and Bondage 1 occurrence

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  • SS 1.3 Segment 3

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

SS 3.2–3.3: Bondage and Māyā 1 occurrence

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  • SS 3.3 Segment 1

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

SS 3.4–3.5: Reabsorbing the Elements 1 occurrence

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  • SS 3.4 Segment 3

    Attested form: kalānām Grammar of the segment: genitive plural

SVU 1 occurrence
SVU 5.12–5.14: Knowledge and Freedom 1 occurrence

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VBT 2 occurrences
VBT 1–3: Devī’s Question 1 occurrence

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VBT 93–100: Pain and Desire 1 occurrence

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