Kalasha, Kalaśa, Kalasa: 42 definitions
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Kalasha has 40 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Kalaśa can be transliterated into English as Kalasa or Kalasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Kalash.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKalaśa (कलश):—
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Kalasa (कलस):—und kalasi s. u. kalaśa und kalaśi .
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Kalaśa (कलश):—
1) am Ende eines adj. comp. f. ī [Kathāsaritsāgara 110, 126.] = droṇa [Śārṅgadhara SAṂH. 1, 1, 21.] Kuppeldach oder Dachkuppel [Scholiast] zu [HĀLA 65.] —
2) Nomen proprium eines Dichters [Oxforder Handschriften 123,b,38.] — Vgl. u. kalaśapotaka .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKalaśa (कलश):——
1) m. f. ( ī [Bālarāmāyaṇa 168,18.169,14.230.16]). und *n. Topf , Krug , Becher. Häufig werden die Brüste damit verglichen. Am Ende eines adj. Comp. f. ī. —
2) m. (*f. ī) Butterfass [Mahābhārata 1,17,12.18,32.2,49,26.] —
3) m. ein best. Hohlmaass , = droṇa. —
4) m. Kuppeldach oder Dachkuppel [Kād. (1872) 55,21.] —
5) m. Nomen proprium — a) eines Mannes ([Ṛgveda (roth). ]) , auch eines Dichters. — b) eines Schlangendämons [Mahābhārata 5,103,11.] —
6) f. ī — a) Hemionitis cordifolia. — b) Nomen proprium eines Tīrtha.
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Kalāsa (कलास):—m. eine best. Art die Trommel zu schlagen [Saṃgitasārasaṃgraha 194.]
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Starts with (+27): Kalashabandha, Kalashabara, Kalashabaratantra, Kalashabhisheka, Kalashabhu, Kalashacandrika, Kalashadir, Kalashaganike, Kalashagitti, Kalashaila, Kalashaili, Kalashajanman, Kalashaka, Kalashakshetramahatmya, Kalashakti, Kalashakuca, Kalashakuce, Kalashali, Kalashamandala, Kalashambara.
Ends with (+21): Alakakalasha, Alamkakalasha, Amritakalasha, Bhatta muktikalasha, Bhutikalasha, Bimbashuddhikalasha, Brahmakalasha, Carakalasha, Caukalasha, Devakalasha, Dhyanakalasha, Dronakalasha, Haimakalasha, Hemakalasha, Hirakalasha, Indukalasha, Jyeshthakalasha, Kanakakalasha, Kancanakalasha, Karakalasha.
Full-text (+287): Mangalakalasha, Ratnakalasha, Kalashi, Hemakalasha, Karakalasha, Nanaratna, Kalashasthapana, Jhatiti, Antarastha, Caukalasha, Ganeshvara, Gajavaktra, Manibhadra, Dhanavriddhi, Sthanadhipati, Yashasvriddhi, Pariṇata, Kalasapaki, Kalayam, Vajrayaksha.
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Isanasivagurudeva Paddhati (study) (by J. P. Prajith)
13. Description of Kalasha-vidhi (rites with filled pots) < [Chapter 4 - Worship of Gods and Goddesses]
11. Description of Pratishtha-vidhi (installation rites) < [Chapter 4 - Worship of Gods and Goddesses]
28. Pratishtha and Nityotsa-vidhi of Saptamatris < [Chapter 4 - Worship of Gods and Goddesses]
Prayogamanjari and Saivagamanibandhana (Study) (by R. Suthashi)
The Devadasi system < [Iconography in Prayogamanjari and Saivagamanibandhana]
Tantrasamuccaya (summary) < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Gati in Theory and Practice (by Dr. Sujatha Mohan)
Technical treatises on Nāṭya (other works) < [Chapter 1 - Nāṭya]
Observations on works on nāṭya in Sanskrit literature < [Chapter 1 - Nāṭya]
Observations and findings on the practice of Gati < [Chapter 4 - Practice of Gati]
Temples of Munnur (Historical Study) (by R. Muthuraman)
Sri Prakannayagi Amman Shrine < [Chapter 4]
Vishveswarar Sub-shrine < [Chapter 4]
Sri Kamatchi Amman Shrine < [Chapter 4]
Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 12c - Table of Measures (mana) < [Kalpasthana (Kalpa Sthana) — Section on Pharmaceutics]
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