tAqa
tāḍa , ( 1 ) m. or nt. ( Skt. tāla, Pali tāḷa, cymbal or some percussion instrument; also clap of the hand etc. ), a musical instrument, cymbal : vīṇāś ca tāḍā paṇavāś ca SP 51.13 ( vs ); saṃgīti-tāḍa-samaye ca viniścayajñāḥ RP 42.17 ( vs ), but here and in the next tāḍa could mean not the instrument, but the sound made by striking it; vādyatāḍa-nināda-nirghoṣa-śabdair SP 338.11 (prose); others, see s.v. śamya ; see also tāḍāvacara ; ( 2 ) m. (= Pali tāḷa, m. ; see next), key (in Skt. tāla, lock , cf. tālaka ; see Johnston, note on Buddhac. ): saddharma-tāḍena Buddhac. 1.74 ; tāḍam ādāya gṛham asya gatvā Av ii.56.2 ; tāḍam apahṛtya gṛhaṃ gatvā 3 ( ms. tāḍan both times).