nṛityam

kalā́

a digit orﾠ one-sixteenth of the moon's diameter Hit. Kathās. ;
(personified as a daughter of Kardama andﾠ wife of Marīci BhP.);
a symbolical expression for the number sixteen Hcat. ;
interest on a capital (considered as a certain part of it) Ṡiṡ. IX, 32 ;
a division of time (said to be 1/900 of a day orﾠ 1-6 minutes Mn. I, 64 Hariv. ;
orﾠ 1/1800 of a day orﾠ 0-8 minutes Comm. on VP. ;
orﾠ 2 minutes andﾠ 26 54/201 seconds Suṡr. ;
orﾠ 1 minute andﾠ 35 205/301, seconds, orﾠ 8 seconds BhavP.);
the sixtieth part of one-thirtieth of a zodiacal sign, a minute of a degree Sūryas. ;
(in prosody) a syllabic instant;
a term for the seven substrata of the elements orﾠ Dhātus of the human body (viz. flesh, blood, fat, phlegm, urine, bile, andﾠ semen;
but according to Hemacandra, rasa, « chyle», asthi, « bone», andﾠ majjan, « marrow», take the place of phlegm, urine, andﾠ bile) Suṡr. ;
an atom (there are 3015 Kalās orﾠ atoms in every one of the six Dhātus, not counting the rasa, therefore in all 18090);
(with Pāṡupatas) the elements of the gross orﾠ material world Sarvad. ;
an embryo shortly after conception (cf. kalana);
a designation of the three constituent parts of a sacrifice (viz. mantra, dravya, andﾠ ṡraddhā Nīlak. on MBh. ed. Bomb. XIV, 89, 3);
the menstrual discharge L. ;
any practical art, any mechanical orﾠ fine art (sixty-four are enumerated in the Ṡaivatantra < T. >;
the following is a list of them:
gītam, vādyam, nṛityam, nātyam, ālekhyam,
viṡeshaka-cchedyam, taṇḍula-kusuma-balivikārāḥ,
pushpâ̱staranam, daṡana-vasanâ̱ṅgarāgāḥ, maṇi-bhūmikā-karma,
ṡayana-racanam, udaka-vādyam, udaka-ghātaḥ, citrāyogāḥ,
mālya-granthana-vikalpāḥ, keṡa-ṡekharâ̱pīḍayojanam,
nepathya-yogāḥ, karṇa-pattra-bhaṅgāḥ, gandha-yuktiḥ,
bhūshaṇa-yojanam, indrajālam, kaucumāra-yogāḥ,
hasta-lāghavam, citraṡākâ̱pūpa-bhakshya-vikāra-kriyā,
pānaka-rasarāgâ̱sava-yojanam, sūcīvāpa-karma,
vīṇā-ḍama-ruka-sūtra-krīḍā, prahelikā, pratimā,
durvacakayogāḥ, pustaka-vācanam, nāṭakâ̱khyāyikā-darṡanam,
kāvya-samasyā-pūraṇam, paṭṭikā-vetrabāṇa-vikalpāḥ,
tarkū-karmāṇi, takshaṇam, vāstu-vidyā, rūpya-ratna-parīkshā,
dhātu-vādaḥ, maṇi-rāga-jñānam, ākara-jñānam,
vṛikshâ̱yur-veda-yogāḥ, mesha-kukkuṭa-lāvaka-yuddha-vidhiḥ,
ṡuka-sārikā-pralāpanam, utsādanam, keṡa-mārjana-kauṡalam,
akshara-mushṭikā-kathanam, mlechitaka-vikalpāḥ,
deṡa-bhāshā-jñānam, pushpa-ṡakaṭikā-nimitta-jñānam,
yantra-mātṛikā, dhāraṇa-mātṛikā, saṉpāṭyam,
mānasīkāvya-kriyā, kriyā-vikalpāḥ, chalitakayogāḥ,
abhidhāna-kosha-cchando-jñānam, vastra-gopanāni,
dyūta-viṡeshaḥ, ākarshaṇa-krīḍā, bālaka-krīḍanakāni,
vaināyikīnāṉvidyāṇāṉjñānam, vaijayikīnāṉvidyānāṉjñānam;
seeﾠ alsoﾠ Vātsy. I, 3, 17) R. Pañcat. Bhartṛ. etc.;
skill, ingenuity;
ignorance;
a low andﾠ sweet tone Bālar. ;
a boat L. ;
a N. given to Dākshāyaṇī in the region near the river Candrabhāgā MatsyaP. ;
N. of a grammatical commentary
- कलांश
- कलाकन्द
- कलाकुशल
- कलाकेलि
- कलाङ्कुर
- कलाजाजी
- कलाज्ञ
- कलात्मन्
- कलाद
- कलादीक्षा
- कलाधर
- कलानाथ
- कलानिधि
- कलान्तर
- कलान्यास
- कलाप
- कलापक
- कलापिन्
- कलापूर
- कलापूर्ण
- कलाबाह्य
- कलाभर
- कलाभृत्
- कलायन
- कलारूप
- कलार्णव
- कलावत्
- कलावाद
- कलाविकल
- कलाविद्
- कलाविद्वस्
- कलाविधि
- कलाविलास
- कलाशस्
- कलाशास्त्र
- कलाश्लाघ्य
- कलासार