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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
linguistic speculation
9
Viṣṇu, Vishnuism
9
Mahābhārata
9
Time
8
Lexicography
8
agnihotra
8
prāṇa etc.
7
ātman
7
jātaka, avadāna
7
Cosmography
7
Poetology
7
agnicayana
7
(mythical) interpretation of the agnicayana
7
Buddha's life
6
eating, food, anna
6
avatāras
5
Buddhism
5
micro-macro cosmos speculation
5
Candra, Candramas, moon
4
Astrology
4
milk
4
yuga theory
4
Politics
4
Medicine
4
Dakṣa's sacrifice and Satī
3
worship of the Buddha
3
Gaṅgā, Ganges
3
aśvamedha, hayamedha
3
Pārvatī
3
Dharmaśāstra
3
brahman
3
Liberation, mokṣa, release
3
Sūrya, Savitṛ, sun
3
Genealogies
3
war
3
worship of relics, stūpas
3
varṇas, castes
3
Brideship and marriage
3
Cosmogony (gen.)
3
Mineralogy, jewels, metals
2
poverty, renunciation
2
meteorology, weather
2
Soma sacrifice
2
praise of Viṣṇu (namas)
2
against bad dreams
2
agniṣṭoma
2
ahīna
2
human sacrifice, puruṣamedha
2
pṛṣṭha
2
fable
2
Rituals
2
Churning of the Milk Ocean
2
Names of Śiva, sahasranāman
2
purity, impurity, śuddhi, śodhana, śauca
2
botany, plants
2
pralaya, destruction of the world
2
inundation
2
tulāpuruṣa
1
saṃnyāsa
1
Cosmology
1
Aphrodisiacs
1
Love
1
Technique of Yoga
1
Magic, rites with a purpose, abhicāra
1
war and rivalry of Devas and Asuras
1
ukthya
1
Theatre, nāṭyaśāstra
1
Hospitality, atithi, guests, ātithya
1
rājasūya
1
Materia medica
1
Teacher (guru) and pupil (śiṣya), ācārya
1
somakraya, buying Soma
1
marriage, wedding
1
viṣṭuti
1
(Im-)purity
1
prāṇāyāma
1
Ādityas
1
Kṛṣṇa
1
Prajāpati
1
Himālaya
1
jñāna, ajñāna, vidyā, śruta, knowledge
1
good behaviour
1
calmness of mind
1
hathayoga
1
japa
1
āśrama
1
Tāraka
1
vānaprastha
1
hunting
1
Brahmin
1
Skanda
1
fast, upavāsa, upavasatha
1
Sāṃkhya
1
long live, āyus
1
Dhruva aka. Polar Star
1
dharma
1
Yoga
1
Names of Viṣṇu, sahasranāman
1
vyavahāra
1
Prahlāda, Hiraṇyakaśipu
1
Vedic schools, śākhās
1
Kaṃsa
1
Kṛṣṇa and the Gopīs
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
Collocations