sKal cl. 1. P. ( Dhātup. xv, 37 ) sKalati (rarely °te ; pf. casKAla , casKaluH , MBh. &c.; fut. sKalitA , °lizyati Gr. ; aor. asKAlIt , ib. ; inf. sKalitum , ib. ), to stumble, trip, totter, waver, fluctuate (with na , ‘not to waver, remain steadfast, prevail’), MBh. ; Kāv. &c.; to drop or slip down, trickle down, MW. ; to stammer, falter (as speech), Yājñ. ; Kālid. ; BhP. ; to make mistakes, blunder, err, fail, Kāv. ; Car. ; Rājat. ; to gather, collect, Dhātup. ; to move, MW. ; to disappear, ib. : Caus. sKalayati (or sKAlayati , Dhātup. xix, 59 ), to cause to falter, Kum. ; to stop, arrest, BhP.
sKal 1 P. ( sKalati, sKalita ) 1 To stumble, tumble, fall down, slip, trip; sKalati caraRaM BUmO nyastaM na cArdratamA mahI Mk. 9. 13 ; Ku. 5. 24. 2 To totter, waver, shake, fluctuate. 3 To be disobeyed or violated (as an order); devasya SAsanaM pOrezu kaTaM sKalizyati Mu. 3 ; 3. 24 ; R. 18. 43. 4 To fall or deviate from the right course; Ki. 9. 37. 5 To be affected or excited; Ki. 3. 53 , 13. 60. 6 To err, blunder, commit mistakes; sKalato hi karAlaMbaH suhftsacivacezwitaM H. 3. 134 (where it has sense 1 also). 7 To stammer, lisp, falter; vadanakamalakaM SiSoH smarAmi sKaladasamaMjasamaMjujalpitaM te U. 4. 4 ; R. 9. 76 , Ku. 5. 56. 8 To fail, have no effect; rAGavaH sKalitavIryamAtmani R. 11. 83. 9 To drop, drip, trickle. 10 To go, move. 11 To disappear. 12 To collect, gather. — Caus. ( sKalayati-te ) 1 To cause to stumble or trip. 2 To cause to err or blunder, cause to falter or stammer; vacanAni sKalayan pade pade Ku. 4. 12 ; sKalayati vacanaM te saMSrayatyaMgamaMgaM Māl. 3. 8.