Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

kalmaṣa कल्मष – stain, dirt, sin, dregs

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

kalmaṣa ·n. dirt, stain, sin.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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kalmaṣa kalmaṣa, as, am, m. n. stain, dirt, sin, dregs; jala-kalmaṣa, the dirt or sediment of water; (am), n. darkness, a division of the infernal regions; the hand below the wrist; (as, ā, am), dirty, foul.

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

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

kalmaṣa = karmaṣa KĀŚ._zu_P. 8,2,18. 1〉 m. (BHĀG. P. 8,7,43) n. (die Lexicographen und SIDDH. K. 249,b,5, wo fälschlich kalmāṣa gelesen wird) Fleck, Schmutz; Sünde AK. 1,1,4,1. H. 1381. MED. ṣ. 33 (alle kennen nur die übertragene Bed.). durlabho hyasya nirayaḥ śaśāṅkasyeva kalmaṣam R. 2,36,27. jalakalmaṣa m. Schmutz, Bodensatz im Wasser, vom Gift, welches bei der Quirlung des Oceans hervorkam, BHĀG. P. 8,7,43. Meist in übertr. Bed.: tapasā kalmaṣaṃ hanti M. 12,104. akalmaṣaḥ kalmaṣāṇāṃ kartā MBH. 3,14196. yenāharat — venakalmaṣamulvaṇam BHĀG. P. 4,14,46. kalmaṣadhvaṃsakārin ad HIT. I, 17. vītakalmaṣa M. 12,22. vyapeta˚ M. 4,260. M. 12,18. vigatakalmaṣā R. 1,1,82. dhūtakalmaṣa MBH. 1,2442. f. ā VIŚV. 2,20. nirdhūta˚ BHAG. 5,17. kṣayita˚ BHAG. 4,30. nirdagdha˚ (analena) PAÑCAT. III, 189. jñānāgninā randhitakarmakalmaṣāḥ BHĀG. P. 8,21,2. vikalmaṣa MBH. 3,8027. vikalmaṣā R. 2,29,16. niṣkalmaṣā PAÑCAT. III, 212. niṣkalmaṣībhūta YĀJÑ. 3,218. akalmaṣa BRAHMA-P. in LA. 52,7. — 2〉 n. eine best. Hölle MED. — 3〉 n. die Hand unterhalb des Handgelenks TRIK. 2,6,26. — 4〉 adj. schmutzig H. 1435, Sch. JAṬĀDH._im_ŚKDR. — Vgl. kaluṣa, kalka, kalmāṣa, kilviṣa.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

kalmaṣa 1〉 KĀṬH. 19,1. dhūrjaṭikaṇṭhakalmaṣakālatame tamasi Fleck DAŚAK._in_BENF. Chr. 186,9. dhārātīrthe dharaṇipatayo kalmaṣaṃ kṣālayanti Spr. 4998. kīrtirakalmaṣā BHĀG. P. 10,72,24. vākyairakalmaṣaiḥ R. 7,97,2. R. 7,97,9

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kalmaṣa 3〉 vgl. kanyuṣa.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive neuter

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kalmaṣa — 1〉 n. (adj. Comp. f. ā) — a〉 Fleck, Schmutz; moralischer Fleck, Sünde. Auch m. BHĀG. P. — b〉 *eine best. Hölle. — c〉 *die Hand unterhalb des Handgelenkes. — 2〉 *Adj. schmutzig.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine

Original text · English · adjective · substantive masculine

kalmaṣa a. 1 Sinful, wicked. 2 Foul, dirty. — ṣaḥ, -ṣaṃ 1 Stain, dirt, dregs. 2 The hand below the wrist. 3 Sin; sa hi gaganavihārī kalmaṣadhvaṃsakārī H. 1. 21; Bg. 4. 30; Bg. 5. 16; Ms. 4. 260, Ms. 12. 18, Ms. 12. 22. — ṣaḥ Hell.

Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

kalmaṣa n. fleck, Schmutz, Sünde. Abstr. ˚tā f.

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

kalmaṣa kalmaṣa a. (kal 10) taché; souillé, sali; au fig. souillé par le péché, criminel. — S. n. péché, souillure du crime. La main depuis le poignet. — S. m. une des divisions de l'enfer.

Occurrences in source texts (2)

SiSa 2 occurrences
SiSa 5.38-5.47: Nāda-Laya 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

SiSa 5.191-5.207: Kailāsa und Mahāśūnya 1 occurrence

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