f. having the palms of the hands and soles of the feet marked with śrī-vatsa- and muktika- (for muktikā-?) and nandy-āvarta- (one of the 80 minor marks of a buddha-)
तलः लम् [तल्-अच्] 1 A surface; भुवस्तलमिव व्योम कुर्वन् व्योमेव भूतलम् R.4.29; sometimes used at the end of comp. without much alteration of meaning; महीतलम् 'surface of the earth' i. e. earth itself; शुद्धे तु दर्पणतले सुलभावकाशा Ś.7.32; नभस्तलम् &c. -2 The palm of the hand; R.6.18. -3 The sole of the foot; Bhāg.1.36. 8. -4 The fore-arm. -5 A slap with the hand. -6 Lowness, inferiority of position. -7 A lower part, part underneath, base, foot, bottom; रेवारोधसि वेतसीतरुतले चेतः समुत्कण्ठते K. P.1. -8 (Hence) The ground under a tree or any other object, shelter afforded by anything; फणी मयूरस्य तले निषीदति Ṛs.1.13. -9 A hole, pit. -1 A span. -लः 1 The hilt of a sword. -2 The palmyra tree. -3 N. of Śiva. -4 Pressing the strings of a lute with the left hand; तत्र तत्र महानादैरुत्कृष्टतलनादितैः Mb.1.221.6. -5 A division of hell. -लम् 1 A pond. -2 A forest, wood; भस्मप्रस्तरशायी च भूमिशय्या तलेषु च Mb.12.33.11. -3 Cause, origin, motive. -4 A leathern fence worn round the left arm (तला also in this sense); उद्यतैरायुधैश्चित्रास्तलबद्धाः कलापिनः Mb.6.16.14. -Comp. -अङ्गुलिः f. a toe. -अतलम् the fourth of the seven divisions of hell; Bhāg.2.5.41. -ईक्षणः a hog. -उदर a. having a protuberant belly, pot-bellied. -उदरी f. A wife; L. D. B. -उदा a river. -घातः a slap with the palm of the hand. -तालः 1 a kind of musical instrument. -2 clapping of the hands. -त्रम्, -त्राणम्, -वारणम् a leathern glove of an archer; शरासन- ज्यातलवारणध्वनिः Ki.14.29; पाणयः सतलत्राश्च... Śiva B.12.8. -प्रहारः a slap with the hand. -बद्धः a. having fastened round one's arm the तल (त्र); Mb.6.16.14. -युद्धम् a fight with the palms of the hands. -लोकः nether world (पाताल); Bhāg.2.6.42. -सारकम् 1 a martingale. -2 a horse's food-receptacle; M. W. -सारणम्, -सारिका ibid. -हृदयम् the centre of the sole of foot.
तलवः A musician (playing with palms on the instrument); Vāj.3.2. -कारः (pl.) N. of a school of the सामवेद. ˚ब्राह्मणम्, ˚उपनिषद् other names for जैमिनीय ब्राह्मण and उपनिषद्.
अतल a. Bottomless. -लम् [अस्य भूखण्डस्य तलं पृषो˚ इदमो$त्वम्] N. of a पाताल or lower region, one of the 7 Pātālas, being the first among them. -लः N. of Śiva. -Comp. -स्पृशू -स्पर्श a. [न. तले स्पृश्यते कर्मणि क्विप्; न तलस्य स्पर्शो यत्र] bottomless, very deep, unfathomable.
कुन्तलः 1 The hair of the head, a lock of hair; प्रतनुविरलैः प्रान्तोन्मीलन्मनोहरकुन्तलैः U.1.2. Ch. P.4,6; Gīt.2. -2 A drinking cup. -3 A plough. -4 Barley. -5 A kind of perfume. -लाः (pl.) N. of a country and its inhabitants. -Comp. -उशीरम् a perfume.
पुत्तलः ली 1 An image, idol, a statue, effigy. -2 A doll, puppet. -Comp. -दहनम्, -विधिः burning an effigy in place of the body of one who has died abroad or whose corpse is lost. -पूजा idolatry.
पुत्तलकः puttalakḥ पुत्तलिका puttalikā
पुत्तलकः पुत्तलिका A doll &c.
वातल a. (-ली f.) [वातं रोगमेदं लाति ला-क] 1 Stormy, windy. -2 Flatulent. -लः 1 Wind. -2 The chickpea (चणक). -Comp. -मण्डली A whirl-wind. -योनिः (वातला- योनिः) a morbid state of the uterus.
शीतल a. [शीतं लाति ला-क, शीतमस्त्यस्य लच्-वा] 1 (a) Cool, cold, chill, frigid; अतिशीतलमप्यम्भः किं भिनत्ति न भूभृतः Subhāṣ. (b) Cool, bearable; महदपि परदुःखं शीतलं सम्यगाहुः V.4.13. -2 Not exciting, calm, gentle. -लः 1 The moon. -2 A kind of camphor. -3 Turpentine. -4 The Champaka tree. -5 A kind of religious observance (observed upon the sun's entering the sign Aries). -लम् 1 Cold, coolness. -2 The cold season. -3 Benzoin. -4 White sandal, or sandal in general. -5 A pearl. -6 Green sulphate of iron. -7 A lotus. -8 The root called वीरण q. v. -Comp. -छदः the Champaka tree. -जलम् a lotus. -प्रदः, -दम् sandal. -वातः a cool breeze. -षष्ठी the sixth day of the bright half of Māgha.
m. n. surface, plane; sole (foot), palm (hand); flat space below; --°ree; often not to be translated: lc.=at, on, under (--°ree; or g.); -tas, ad. from the bottom; -prahâra, m. slap; blow with the paw; -loka, m. lower regions.
n. palm of the hand: -ga ta, pp. held in the hand, -tâla, clapping of the hands; -da, a. paying taxes, tributary; subordinate; -dhrita-sara, a. holding an arrow in his hand; -pattra, n. saw; -pallava, m. finger; -pâda-danta, m. hand, foot, or tooth; -pâla, m. receiver-general of taxes; -putî, f. hollowed hand; -prâpta, pp. held in the hand; -badara, n. jujube berry in the hand=perfectly obvious matter; -bha, m.elephant's trunk; camel; young elephant or camel; hand between wrist and fingers: -ka, m. N. of a messenger; -bhûshana, n. bracelet; -bha½urû, a. f. having thighs like an elephant's trunk.
n. flat space under a tree; -tâ, f. condition of a tree; -mandapa, arbour, bower; -mûla, n. root of a tree; -vallî, f. creeper; -shanda, n. group of trees.
a. cool, cold, frigid, cooling; free from passion (rare); gentle, mild (per son); not affecting the feelings (misfortune); n. cold, coolness: -tâ, f. coldness.
noun (masculine neuter) base (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bottom (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
flat roof (of a house) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
level (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
lower part (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a hell
surface (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the base of a house (adhiṣṭhāna)
the palm (of the hand) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the part underneath (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the sole (of the foot) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective famed (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
one whose marks or characteristics are mentioned (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
reputed (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) (in music) a certain Dhruvaka (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a drinking cup (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of perfume (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a particular head-dress (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a plough (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a prince of that people (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
barley (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
lock of hair (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a people (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the hair of the head (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
adjective below (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
down (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
globular (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
moving (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
not flat (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
round (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
trembling (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine neuter) Betula Bhojpatra (its bark is used for writing upon) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bell-metal (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
brass (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) ground (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of one of the seven hells or regions under the earth (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
soil (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the 4th astrological mansion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the earth (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the lower world or hell in general (not to be confounded with Naraka or the place of punishment) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (neuter) a lotus (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a pearl (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Costus Speciosus or Arabicus (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cold (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cold weather (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
coldness (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
sandal (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the root of Andropogon Muricatus (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
? Frequency rank 16189/72933
adjective calm (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cold (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cold i.e. free from passion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cool (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
cooling (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
frosty (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
gentle (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
not causing painful feelings (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
not exciting emotion (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
shivering (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a kind of camphor (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a religious ceremony observed on the sun's entering Aries (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bitumen (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Cordia Myxa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
green sulphate of iron (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Michelia champaka Linn. (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the moon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the resin of Shorea Robusta (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the wind (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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