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Lemma: kalā (f)
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Temporal probability mass distribution
(in prosody) a syllabic instant (MW)
(with Pāśupatas) the elements of the gross or material world (MW)
a boat (MW)
a designation of the three constituent parts of a sacrifice (MW)
a digit or one-sixteenth of the moon's diameter (MW)
a division of time (MW)
a low and sweet tone (MW)
a minute of a degree (MW)
a name given to Dākṣāyaṇī in the region near the river Candrabhāgā (MW)
a sixteenth part (MW)
a small part of anything (MW)
a symbolical expression for the number sixteen (MW)
a term for the seven substrata of the elements or Dhātus of the human body (MW)
an atom (there are 3015 Kalās or atoms in every one of the six Dhātus) (MW)
an embryo shortly after conception (MW)
any mechanical or fine art (MW)
any practical art (MW)
any single part or portion of a whole (MW)
ignorance (MW)
ingenuity (MW)
interest on a capital (considered as a certain part of it) (MW)
name of a grammatical commentary (MW)
skill (MW)
the menstrual discharge (MW)
the sixtieth part of one-thirtieth of a zodiacal sign (MW)
Topic
Frequency
Kashmirian Shivaism 119
Alchemy 50
Mahāyāna 33
Bhakti 32
dīkṣā 24
narrative literature 23
Pashupata Shaivism 21
Shivaism, Śiva 19
Astronomy 18
worship 14
mantra 11
Kāmaśāstra 11
Śrīvidyā 10
Mahābhārata 9
linguistic speculation 9
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism 9
agniṣṭoma 9
Time 8
agnihotra 8
Lexicography 8
ātman 7
Candra, Candramas, moon 7
Cosmography 7
Poetology 7
jātaka, avadāna 7
agnicayana 7
prāṇa etc. 7
(mythical) interpretation of the agnicayana 7
Buddha's life 6
Buddhism 6
eating, food, anna 6
avatāras 5
micro-macro cosmos speculation 5
milk 4
yuga theory 4
Medicine 4
Astrology 4
Politics 4
praise of Viṣṇu (namas) 3
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun 3
Cosmogony (gen.) 3
Liberation, mokṣa, release 3
Gaṅgā, Ganges 3
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī 3
aśvamedha, hayamedha 3
Brideship and marriage 3
varṇas, castes 3
Dharmaśāstra 3
brahman 3
worship of the Buddha 3
worship of relics, stūpas 3
war 3
Genealogies 3
deities of the moon, nights 3
somakraya, -vikraya, buying Soma 3
Pārvatī 3
meteorology, weather 2
Soma sacrifice 2
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman 2
against bad dreams 2
Mineralogy, jewels, metals 2
ahīna 2
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha 2
pṛṣṭha 2
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca 2
Churning of the Milk Ocean 2
botany, plants 2
pralaya, destruction of the world 2
fable 2
poverty, renunciation 2
inundation 2
Rituals 2
(Im-)purity 1
Aphrodisiacs 1
Love 1
Yoga 1
marriage, wedding 1
Technique of Yoga 1
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya 1
dharma 1
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra 1
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra 1
ukthya 1
rājasūya 1
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras 1
tulāpuruṣa 1
viṣṭuti 1
Materia medica 1
prāṇāyāma 1
Cosmology 1
Ādityas 1
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya 1
long live, āyus 1
calmness of mind 1
Tāraka 1
good behaviour 1
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge 1
hunting 1
Himālaya 1
Skanda 1
Kṛṣṇa 1
Dhruva aka. Polar Star 1
japa 1
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha 1
hathayoga 1
vyavahāra 1
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu 1
Vedic schools, śākhās 1
Kaṃsa 1
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs 1
Prajāpati 1
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman 1
Sāṃkhya 1
Concept Notes Count one-sixteenth 1/16 35 Kalā a division of time 10 kalā [medic.] a kind of skin/membrane 7 sixteen the cardinal number that is the sum of fifteen and one 6 art the superior ability that is attained by study and practice and observation; "he had mastered the art of a great craftsman" 5 Kalā one-sixteenth of the moon's diameter 4 part something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach" 2 manaḥśilā a mineral; "realgar" 2
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