dalaH · dalaM
dalaH -laM [ dal-ac ] 1 ( a ) A piece, portion, part, fragment; Śi. 4. 44. ( b ) A piece torn or split off. ( c ) Tearing, cutting. 2 A degree. 3 A half, the half. 4 A sheath, scabbard. 5 A small shoot or blade, a petal, leaf; R. 4. 42 ; Ś. 3. 21 , 22. 6 The blade of any weapon. 7 A clump, heap, quantity. 8 A detachment, a body of troops. 9 Alloy or adulteration. Comp. — AQakaH 1 foam. 2 a cuttle-fish bone. 3 a ditch, moat. 4 a hurricane, high wind. 5 red chalk. 6 wild sesamum. 7 the Kunda creeper. 8 a Śūdra. 9 the headman of a village. 10 an elephant's ear. — AQyaM mud on the banks of a river. — kapAQaH a folded leaf. — komalaM a lotus. — kozaH the Kunda creeper. — nirmokaH the ( pb ) Bhūrja tree. — puzpA the Ketaka plant. — sUciH, -cI f. a thorn. — snasA the fibre or vein of a leaf.
dalaH -laM [ dal-ac ] 1 ( a ) A piece, portion, part, fragment; Śi. 4. 44. ( b ) A piece torn or split off. ( c ) Tearing, cutting. 2 A degree. 3 A half, the half. 4 A sheath, scabbard. 5 A small shoot or blade, a petal, leaf; R. 4. 42 ; Ś. 3. 21 , 22. 6 The blade of any weapon. 7 A clump, heap, quantity. 8 A detachment, a body of troops. 9 Alloy or adulteration. Comp. — AQakaH 1 foam. 2 a cuttle-fish bone. 3 a ditch, moat. 4 a hurricane, high wind. 5 red chalk. 6 wild sesamum. 7 the Kunda creeper. 8 a Śūdra. 9 the headman of a village. 10 an elephant's ear. — AQyaM mud on the banks of a river. — kapAQaH a folded leaf. — komalaM a lotus. — kozaH the Kunda creeper. — nirmokaH the ( pb ) Bhūrja tree. — puzpA the Ketaka plant. — sUciH, -cI f. a thorn. — snasA the fibre or vein of a leaf.