Kalakala, Kala-kala, Kālakāla: 18 definitions

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Kalakala means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Kalakala (कलकल):—(kala + kala) m.

1) verworrenes Geschrei, - Geräusch [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 6, 4.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1404.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 4, 286. 287.] [Medinīkoṣa l. 149.] tataḥ kalakalonmiśro devadundubhiniḥsvanaḥ . devatānāṃ vimāneṣu vavṛdhe sakharasvanaḥ .. [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 34, 34. 35, 95.] nepathye kalakalaḥ [Mṛcchakaṭikā 40, 7. 173, 13.] tadāgamanajānandalasatkalakalāravāḥ [Geschichte des Vidūṣaka 51.] [Daśakumāracarita] in [Benfey’ Chrestomathie aus Sanskritwerken 185, 23.] madhuraiḥ kokilākalakalaiḥ [Bhartṛhari 1, 34.] kekikrīḍākalakalaravaḥ [44.] prabalamārutoddhūtasalilacalataraṃgasaṃghaṭṭajanitakalakalāravāyāḥ (gaṅgāyāḥ) [Pañcatantra 165, 8.] —

2) das Harz der Shorea robusta (vgl. kala [2,b] und kalalaja) [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 384.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] —

3) ein Beiname Śiva’s [Mahābhārata 12, 10378]; vgl. kaṭakaṭa, kaṭaṅkaṭa .

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Kalakala (कलकल):—

1) [Kathāsaritsāgara 60, 176. fg.] kalakalārava [101, 359.] kokilakāka līkalakalaiḥ [Sāhityadarpana 258, 3 v. u.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

Kalakala (कलकल):—m.

1) verworrenes Geschrei , — Gesang , — Geräusch. [291,23.299,20.324,29.] Mit Hintanfügung von rava oder ārava dass. —

2) *das Harz der Shorea robusta.

3) Beiname Śiva's.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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