m. (1. kal-commentator or commentary on ), Name of the die or side of a die marked with one dot, the losing die etc. (personified as an evil genius in the episode of nala-)
m.Name of the last and worst of the four yuga-s or ages, the present age, age of vice etc. (the kali- age contains, inclusive of the two dawns, 1200 years of the gods or 432,000 years of men, and begins the eighteenth of February, 3102 B.C.;at the end of this yuga- the world is to be destroyed;Seeyuga-)
m. strife, discord, quarrel, contention (personified as the son of krodha-,"Anger", and hiṃsā-,"Injury", and as generating with his sister durukti-,"Calumny."two children, viz. bhaya-,"Fear", and mṛtyu-,"Death" ) etc.
m. (/is-) Name of a class of mythic beings (related to the gandharva-s, and supposed by some to be fond of gambling;in epic poetry kali- is held to be the fifteenth of the deva-gandharva-s or children of the muni-s)
n. an unforeseen event (as birth etc.) partly resulting from an act and leading to totally unforeseen consequences (as heaven etc.; pūrvabhedaḥ&iencoding=&lang='>paramāpūrvajanako 'ṅgajanyāpūrvabhedaḥ-)
m. pluralName of a people and their country (the N. is applied in the purāṇa-s to several places, but especially signifies a district on the Coromandel coast, extending from below Cuttack [ kaṭaka-] to the vicinity of Madras) etc.
m.Name of a king of kaliṅga- (from whom the kaliṅga- people are said to have originated;he is sometimes mentioned as a son of dīrghatamas- and sudeṣṇā-, sometimes identified with bali-) etc.
कलिः [कल्-इनि] 1 Strife, quarrel, dissension, contention; शठ कलिरेष महांस्त्वयाद्य दत्तः Śi.7.55; कलिकामजित् R.9.33, Amaru.23. -2 War, battle. अविषह्यैस्तमाक्षेपैः क्षिपन्संजनयन् कलिम् । Bhāg.1.55.17. -3 The fourth age of the world, the iron age (consisting of 432, years of men and beginning from the 13th of February 312 B. C.); दानमेकं कलौ युगे Ms.1.86,9.31; कलिवर्ज्यानि इमानि &c. -4 Kali age personified (this Kali persecuted Nala). -5 The worst of any class. -6 The Bibhītaka tree. -7 The side of a die which is marked with one point. घृतेन कलिं शिक्षामि Av.7.19.1. -8 A hero. -9 An arrow. -f. A bud. -Comp. -कारः, -कारकः, -क्रियः 1 an epithet of Nārada. -2 the karanja tree. -3 a kind of bird. -द्रुमः, -वृक्षः the Bibhītaka tree. -प्रिय a. quarrelsome. (-यः) 1 N. of Nārada. -2 a monkey, ape; Ms.1.85. -मारकः a kind of karanja tree. -युगम् the Kali age; Ms.1.85. -संतरणम् N. of an Upaniṣad. -हारी f. a kind of medicine (विषलाङ्गली).
कलिका कलिः f. 1 An unblown flower; a bud; चूतानां चिरनिर्गता$पि कलिका बध्नाति न स्वं रजः Ś.6.4. किमा- म्रकलिकाभङ्गमारभसे Ś.6; Ṛs.6.17; R.9.33. -2 A digit. streak. -3 The bottom or peg of the Indian lute. -4 A king of poetic composition (akin to बिरुद).
कलिन्दः 1 N. of the mountain on which the Yamunā rises. -2 The sun. -3 The Bibhītaka plant. -Comp. -कन्या, -जा, -तनया, -नन्दिनी, -सुता epithet of the river Yamunā; कलिन्दकन्या मथुरां गतापि R.6.48; कलिन्दजानीर Bv.2.12, Gīt.3. -गिरिः the Kalinda mountain. ˚जा, ˚तनया, ˚नन्दिनी epithets of the river Yamunā; Bv.4.3,4.
कलिङ्ग a. 1 Clever. -2 Cunning. -गाः (pl.) N. of a country and its inhabitants; (a district on the Coromandel coast); नो खण्डिकाञ्जगाम नो कलिङ्गाञ्जगाम Mbh. on P.III.2.115. उत्कलादर्शितपथः कलिङ्गाभिमुखो ययौ R.4. 38; (its position is thus described in Tantras :-- जगन्नाथात्समारभ्य कृष्णातीरान्तगः प्रिये । कलिङ्गदेशः संप्रोक्तो वाम- मार्गपरायणः ॥). -ङ्गः 1 The fork-tailed shrike. -2 N. of several plants; (as शिरीष, प्लक्ष &c.) -ङ्गा A beautiful woman. -ङ्गम् Indra grain (इन्द्रयव).
उत्कलिका 1 Anxiety in general, uneasiness; जाता नोत्कलिका Amaru.84; K.138,25,21,234; Dk.17.2. -2 Longing for, regretting, missing anything or person. -3 Wanton sport, dalliance (हेला). -4 A bud. -5 A wave; वनावलीरुत्कलिकासहस्र˚ Śi.3.7; क्षुभितमुत्कलिका- तरलं मनः ruffled by waves. Māl.3.1 (where उत्कलिका also means anxiety); K.161; cf. also जलयन्त्रजलाकार- कीलालोत्कलिकाकुलाः Śiva. B.14.33. -Comp. -प्रायम् a variety of prose-composition abounding in compound words and hard letters; भवेदुत्कलिकाप्रायं समासाढ्यं दृढाक्षरम् Chand. M.6.
काकलिः ली f. 1 A low and sweet tone; अनुबद्ध- मुग्धकाकलीसहितम् U.3; Ṛs.1.8. प्रमदकोकिलकोमलकाकली Rām. Ch.4.2. काकलीप्रधानं च गीयते, तथा तर्कयामि Nāg.1. क्रीडत्कोकिलकाकलीकलकलैरुद्गीर्णकर्णज्वराः S. D. -2 A musical instrument with a low tone used by thieves to ascertain whether a person is asleep or not; फणिमुखकाकली- संदंशक ... प्रभृत्यनेकोपकरणयुक्तः Dk.49. छेदात्समासु सकृदर्पितकाकलीषु Chārudattam 3.1. -2 Scissors. -4 the Gunjā plant. -Comp. -रवः the (Indian) cuckoo.
प्रत्याकलित a. 1 Enumerated. -2 Interposed, inserted, -3 Introduced (as a step in legal proceedings). -तम् 1 Judicial decision as to which of the litigants is to prove his case. -2 Supplement to the written deposition.
संकलित p. p. 1 Heaped up. piled up, collected. -2 Blended together, intermixed. -3 Seized, laid hold of. -4 Added. -5 Resumed, regained; Māl,3. -ता (In arith.) The first sum. -तम् Addition. -Comp. -ऐक्यम् the sum of the terms of an arithmetical Progression.
(pp.) n. counter investigation: judicial consideration as to which of the litigants is to prove his case, after the defendant has pleaded; -kshepaka, a. mocking, deriding; -khyâta,pp. rejected, refused: -tva, n. rejection; -khyâtavya, fp. to be impugned or denied; -khyâtri, m. re fuser; -khyâna, n. rebuff, rejection; refusal; combating (feelings, etc.); impugnment, de nial, disavowal; -khyâyin, a.rejecting (--°ree;); -khyeya, fp. to be repelled or rejected; curable (disease); -gati, f., -gama, m. return; -gamana, n. coming back, return, to (--°ree;); -ghâta, m. repulse; -kakshâna-ka, a. in tending to dispute anything (ac.); -kâra, m. corresponding conduct.
a. provided with buds; -kala½indu, m. full moon; -kalpa, a. includ ing the Kalpas (sacrificial Sûtras); -kasmîra, a. together with Cashmere; -kashâya, a. dominated by passion; -kâkola,a. together with the hell Kâkola; -kâtara, a. cowardly, dastardly; (sá)-kâma, a. satisfying desires (rare); having one's wish fulfilled, satisfied; consenting, willing (girl); desiring (--°ree;); full of love, enamoured; amorous (speech); -kâra, 1. m. letter s; a. incorr. for sâkâra; 2. a. ac tive, courageous; -kârana-ka, a. (ikâ) due to a specific cause; -kâsa, m. (visibleness), pre sence, vicinity: ac. -m, to (gnly. a prs.; w. vbs. of coming, going, taking, or sending); lc. in the presence of, before, near; ab. or -tas, from (come, go, be produced, deprive of, be freed from, hear, ask, buy; w. g. or --°ree;); -kâ shâya, a. wearing a brownish-red garment; -kutumba, a.together with his family; -kutûhala, a. impelled by curiosity: -m, ad. with curiosity; -kula, a. along with his family; m.=nakula, ichneumon (as a pun): -ga, a. belonging to the same family as (g.); -kulya, a. id.; m.relation; -kusa, a. hold ing Kusa grass in one's hand; -kusu ma½âstarana, a. strewn with flowers.
Occurs in the Rigveda, twice in the singular as the name of a protśge of the Aśvins, and once in the plural. The persons meant in the latter passage seem to be different from the former one. The Kalis are once mentioned in the Atharvaveda beside the Gandharvas.
noun (masculine) age of vice (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
contention (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
discord (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of one of Yama's attendants
name of the die or side of a die marked with one dot (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the last and worst of the four Yugas or ages (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Śiva
quarrel (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
strife (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
symbolical expression for the number 1 (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Terminalia Bellerica (the nuts of which in older times were used as dice) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the losing die (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the present age (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of iron Frequency rank 1352/72933
noun (feminine) a division of time (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of artificial verse (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an unblown flower (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bud (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a work on medicine (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of several metres (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the bottom or peg of the Indian lute (made of cane) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the sixteenth part of the moon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective covered with (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
full of (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
impenetrable (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
impervious (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
mixed with (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a being attending on Skanda (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a mountain on which the river Yamunā rises (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a people (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Terminalia Bellerica (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the sun (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine neuter) Acacia Sirissa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an inhabitant of Kaliṅga (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Caesalpina Bonducella (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Ficus infectoria (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a being attending on Skanda (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a king of Kaliṅga (from whom the Kaliṅga people are said to have originated) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a people and their country (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of several authors (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the fork-tailed shrike (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Wrightia Antidysenterica (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
indrayava, seed of Wrightia antidysenterica
a kind of iron Frequency rank 2948/72933
noun (masculine neuter) the country of the Kaliṅgas (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the seed of Wrightia Antidysenterica (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Wrightia Antidysenterica Frequency rank 11997/72933
noun (feminine) a bud (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a wave (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
dalliance (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
longing for (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
missing any person or thing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
regretting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
unblown flower (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
wanton sportfulness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective appearing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
becoming visible (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
blossoming (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bright (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
brilliant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
coming forth (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
increasing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
longing for (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
loosened (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
opened (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
prosperous (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
regretting (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
rising (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
unbound (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) (defendant's) supplement to the written deposition of two litigants (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
judicial decision as to which of the litigants is to prove his case after the defendant has pleaded (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective enumerated (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
held forth (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
interposed (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
introduced (as a step in legal process) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
reproached (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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