Kalu ind. A particle implying: 1 Certainly, surely, verily, indeed; mArge padAni Kalu te vizamIBavaMti Ś. 4. 14 ; anutsekaH Kalu vikramAlaMkAraH V. 1 ; ( pb ) na Kalvanirjitya ruGaM kftI BavAn R. 3. 51. 2 Entreaty, conciliation (‘pray’); na Kalu na Kalu bARaH sannipAtyoyamasmin Ś. 1. 10 ; na Kalu na Kalu mugDe sAhasaM kAryametat Nāg. 3. 3 Inquiry; na Kalu tAmaBikrudDo guruH V. 3. (= kiM aBikrudDo guruH ); na Kalu viditAste tatra nivasaMtaScARakyahatakane Mu. 2 ; na KalUgraruzA pinAkinA gamitaH sopi suhfdratAM gatiM Ku. 4. 24. 4 Prohibition (with gerunds) nirDArite'rTe leKena KalUktvA Kalu vAcikaM Śi. 2. 70. 5 Reason (for); na vidIrye kaWinAH Kalu striyaH Ku. 4. 5 ( G. M. cites this as an illustration of vizAda or dejection); viDinA jana eza vaMcitastvadaDInaM Kalu dehinAM suKaM 4. 10. 6 Kalu is sometimes used as an expletive. 7 Sometimes only to add grace to the sentence ( vAkyAlaMkAra ).