kalatra ( nt. ; in Skt. only wife except once in Harṣac. acc. to Thomas , retinue , see Schmidt, Nachtr. ; see kaḍatra ), ( 1 ) family (in the usual Eng. sense): Bbh 362.7 (bodhisattvena sarvaḥ sattvadhātuḥ) kalatrabhāvena parigṛhītaḥ, cherished like or adopted as (oneʼs own) family (oftener kaḍatra , q.v. ); ( 2 ) servants (familia), esp. perhaps male servants : LV 139.12 ( vs ) dāsī-kalatra-jani ( loc. ) yādṛśam ātmaprema (in a description of the qualities of a wife, so that kalatra cannot possibly mean wife ); Foucaux , because of preceding dāsī, understands kalatra as referring to males alone, which is possible but hardly necessary.
kalatra n. a wife, consort, MBh. ; Bhartṛ. ; Hit. &c.