Karala, Karālā, Karaḷa, Karāla, Kāraḷa: 33 definitions
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Karala has 31 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit terms Karaḷa and Kāraḷa can be transliterated into English as Karala or Karalia, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Karal.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchKarāla (कराल):—
1) adj. f. ā weit offen stehend, klaffend: saṃdhi [Mṛcchakaṭikā 47, 2.] prahārastasya karālatāṃ gataḥ [Pañcatantra 217, 23.] tasya lalāṭe vikarālaṃ prahārakṣataṃ dṛṣṭvā [218, 1.] tato prahāravikāro yaṃ me lalāṭa evaṃ vikarālatāṃ gataḥ [218, 13.] vyākīrṇakeśarakarālamukhā mṛgendrāḥ [I, 207.] karālavaktra (ulūka) [158, 22.] Häufig mit vorangeh. daṃṣṭrā von einem grossen, Schauder erregenden Rachen mit hervorragenden Zähnen: daṃṣṭrākarālavadana [Hiḍimbavadha 2, 3.] [Bhagavadgītā 11, 25. 27.] [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 14, 4. 5, 6, 4.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 66, 6.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 7, 5, 39.] bhramadbhrukuṭidaṃṣṭrakarālavaktra [2, 7, 14.] Zuletzt überh. Schauder erregend, von Rakṣas und andern gespenstischen Wesen (wobei man noch immer an einen weit geöffneten Rachen gedacht haben mag) [Hiḍimbavadha 2, 5.] [Mahābhārata 1, 6273.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 24, 11. 13. 5, 10, 19. 17, 26. 25, 20. 6, 74, 8.] [Suśruta 2, 389, 4. 390, 5.] tatrordhvastanī (Amme) karālaṃ kuryāt [?1, 371, 18. von Śiva Mahābhārata 14, 192.] vom Kāla [?16, 34. Rāmāyaṇa 6, 11, 43. von Viṣṇu Mahābhārata 13, 7367.] als Nomen proprium eines Asura [Harivaṃśa 2288. 12395. 14291.] eines Rakṣas [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 12, 15.] eines Devagandharva [Mahābhārata 1, 4813.] — (rūpam) bahudaṃṣṭrākarālam [Bhagavadgītā 11, 23.] karāladanta [Mahābhārata 2, 296.] karāladaṃṣṭra [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 13, 28.] karālaphaṇamaṇḍala [Raghuvaṃśa 12, 98.] karālauṣṭhī [Kathāsaritsāgara 20, 108.] karālakarabāla [Prabodhacandrodaja 55, 4.] [Gītagovinda 1, 14.] kālaḥ karālarabhasaḥ [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 5, 8, 25.] srotas [3, 21, 18.] saṃyamāmbhasyudīrṇavātormiravaiḥ karāle [6, 9, 23.] nikāradahanajvālākarāle gṛhe [Śihlana’s Śāntiśataka 4, 12.] akarāla kein Grauen erregend: śastrāṇi chirurgische Instrumente [Suśruta 1, 27, 14.] akarāladṛgbhyām [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 13, 28.] Nach den Lexicographen: hervorstehende Zähne habend; hoch [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 26, 207.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 632.] [Medinīkoṣa l. 68.] [Vaijayantī] beim Schol. zu [Śiśupālavadha 15, 90.] Schrecken erregend [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] entstellt, verunstaltet [Vaijayantī] weit (uru) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] (viśāla) [Vaijayantī] —
2) m. a) ein best. Thier [Suśruta 1, 200, 8.] — b) ein Gemisch von Oel mit dem Harze der Shorea robusta [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 388.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi] [Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — c) Nomen proprium einer Localität [Rājataraṅgiṇī 1, 97.] —
3) f. karālā a) Name einer Pflanze, Hemidesmus indicus R. Br. (śārivā, vulg. anantamūla), [Ratnamālā im Śabdakalpadruma] — b) Beiname der Durgā [Mālatīmādhava 75, 6.] karālāyatana [?80, 8. 159, 8. Nach Wilson’s Wörterbuch Wilson II, 57] heisst sie auch karālavadanā . —
4) f. karālī Name einer der sieben Zungen und neun Samidh des Agni [Jaṭādhara im Śabdakalpadruma] [Muṇḍakopaniṣad 1, 2, 4.] [Gṛhyasaṃgrahapariśiṣṭa 1, 14. 21. 27.] —
5) n. eine Art Ocimum (kṛṣṇakuṭheraka) [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa]
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Karāla (कराल):—
1) locana [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 7, 8, 30.] den Mund weit aufsperrend [ŚIKṢĀ 19] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 4, 268.] = viśāla [Halāyudha 4, 68.] senā Schauder erregend [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 10, 71, 14.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 102, 8.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungKarāla (कराल):——
1) Adj. (f. ā) — a) hervorstehend (Zähne , Augen). — b) weit offen stehend , klaffend. — c) den Mund aufsperrend. — d) grausig , Schauder erregend. —
2) m. — a) ein best. Thier (Moschusthier [Nighaṇṭuprakāśa (roth) ]). — b) *ein Gemisch von Oel mit dem Harz der Shorea robusta. — c) Nomen proprium — α) eines Asura. — β) eines Rakṣas. — γ) eines Devagandharva. — δ) einer Oertlichkeit. —
3) f. ā — a) *Hemidesmus indicus. — b) Beiname der Durgā. — c) Nomen proprium einer Kupplerin [149,22.] —
4) f. ī — a) Bez. einer der sieben Zungen und neun Samidh des Agni. — b) *Schwert [Galano's Wörterbuch] —
5) n. eine Art Basilienkraut. karālaṃ śākam [Carakasaṃhitā 1,27.]
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