Khela, Kheḷa: 17 definitions

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Khela means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi. 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.

Khela has 16 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Kheḷa can be transliterated into English as Khela or Khelia, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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

Khela (खेल):—(von khel)

1) adj. schwankend, sich wiegend: siṃhakhelagati [Mahābhārata 1, 7043.] madakhelapadam (gatam) [Vikramorvaśī 95.] khelagamagā [137.] līlākhelamanuprāpurmahokṣāstasya vikramam [Raghuvaṃśa 4, 22.] nūpurodghuṣṭaheleva khelaṃ (adv.) gacchati [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 60, 19.] siṃharṣabhakhelagāmin [Mahābhārata 1, 7080.] gajakhelagāmin [15, 662.] khe khelagāmī tamuvāha vāhaḥ [Kumārasaṃbhava 7, 49.] —

2) m. oxyt. Nomen proprium eines Mannes [Ṛgveda 1, 116, 15.] —

3) f. khelā gaṇa kaṇḍvādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 1, 27.] Spiel [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 7, 33.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 556.] sakhelam adv. schwankend, sich wiegend: tasya rājā siṃhagateḥ sakhelaṃ duryodhano bhīmasenasya harṣāt . gatiṃ svagatyānucakāra [Mahābhārata 2, 2536.]

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Khela (खेल):—

1) gati adj. [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka 17, 2.]

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Khela (खेल):—(?), khe khelavanmamāpyatra sāhasaṃ siddhimeṣyati Einl. zu [KAṆ. 3.]

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

Khela (खेल):——

1) Adj. schwankend , sich wiegend. m Adv. —

2) m. Nomen proprium eines Mannes. —

3) m. oder n. vielleicht Schaukel Einl. zu [Cāṇakya 3.] —

4) *f. khelā Spiel.

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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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