galaH [ gal-BakzaRe bA°karaRe ac ] 1 The throat, neck; na garalaM gale kastUrIyaM ; cf. ajAgalastana ; Bh. 1. 64 ; Amaru. 88. 2 The resin of the Śāla tree. 3 A kind of musical instrument. 4 A rope. Comp. — aMkuraH a particular disease of the throat (inflammation). — udBavaH the tuft of hair on the neck of a horse. — oGaH tumor in the throat. — kaMbalaH a bull's dewlap. — gaMqaH 1 enlargement of the glands of the neck. 2 goitre. — grahaH, -grahaRaM 1 seizing by the throat, throttling, smothering. 2 a kind of disease. 3 N. of certain days in the dark fortnight of a month:- i. e. the 4th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 13th and the three following days. 4 a day on which a course of study is commenced, but ( pb ) immediately preceding a day on which it is prohibited. 5 study. begun but immediately interrupted. — carman n. the gullet, throat. — dvAraM the mouth. — meKalA a necklace. — vArta a. 1 safe in the work of the throat, able to eat much and digest it, healthy, sound; dfSyaMte cEva tIrTezu galavArtAstapasvinaH Pt. 3. v. l. 2 a parasite. — vidraDiH tumor and abscess in the throat. — vrataH a peacock. — SuMqikA the uvula. — SuMqI swelling of the glands of the neck. — stanI (also galestanI ) a she goat. — hastaH 1 seizing by the throat, throttling, collaring. 2 an arrow with a crescent-shaped head; cf. arDacaMdra . — hastita a. seized by the throat, throttled, strangled.