kalApa
kalA pa &c. See kalA .
kalA [ kal-kac ] 1 A small part of anything; U. 1. 1 ; a bit, jot; kalAmapyakftapArelaMbaH K. 304 ; sarve te mitragAtrasya kalAM nArhaMti zoqaSIM Pt. 2. 55 ; Ms. 2. 86 , 8. 36. 2 A digit of the moon (these are sixteen); jagati jayinaste te BAvA naveMdukalAdayaH Māl. 1. 36 ; Ku. 5. 71 ; Me. 89. 3 Interest on capital (consideration paid for the use of money); GanavITivITimavatIrRavato niDiraMBasAmupacayAya kalAH Śi. 9. 32 (where kalA means ‘digits’ also). 4 A division of time variously computed; one minute, 48 seconds, or 8 seconds. 5 The 60th part of one thirtieth part of a zodiacal sign, a minute of a degree. 6 Any practical art (mechanical or fine); there are 64 such arts, as music, dancing &c. 7 Skill, ingenuity. 8 Fraud, deceit. 9 (In Prosody) A syllabic instant. 10 A boat. 11 The menstrual discharge. 12 A term for the seven substrata of the elements of the human body; (they are: — AdyA mAMsaDarA proktA dvitIyA raktaDAriRI . medoDarA tftIyA tu caturTI SlezmaDAriRI .. paMcamI ca malaM Datte zazWI pittaDarA matA . retoDarA saptamI syAt iti saptakalAH smftAH .. ). 13 An atom. 14 A term for the embryo. Comp. — aMtaraM 1 another digit. 2 interest, profit; mAse Satasya yadi paMca kalAMtaraM syAt Līlā. — ayanaH a tumbler, a dancer (as on the sharp edge of a sword). — AkulaM deadly poison. — keli a. gay, wanton. — (liH) an epithet of Kāma. — kzayaH waning (of the moon); R. 5. 16. — DaraH, -niDiH, -pUrRaH the moon; aho mahattvaM mahatAmapUrvaM vipattikAlepi paropakAraH . yaTAsyamaDye patitopi rAhoH kalAniDiH puRyacayaM dadAti .. Udb. — Bft m. 1 the moon. 2 an artist &c.