कला

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) art

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) art

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) art

Etymology 1
*kal-ay 'art, skill' related to *kal meaning to learn. Compare.

Noun

 * 1) a small part of anything, any single part or portion of a whole, especially a sixteenth part
 * 2) a digit or one-sixteenth of the moon’s diameter
 * 3) a symbolical expression for the number sixteen
 * 4) interest on a capital (considered as a certain part of it)
 * 5) a division of time (said to be 1/900 of a day or 1-6 minutes; or 1/1800 of a day or 0-8 minutes commentator or commentary on; or 2 minutes and 26 54/201 seconds; or 1 minute and 35 205/301, seconds, or 8 seconds)
 * 6) the sixtieth part of one-thirtieth of a zodiacal sign, a minute of a degree
 * 7)  a syllabic instant
 * 8) a term for the seven substrata of the elements or  of the human body (viz. flesh, blood, fat, phlegm, urine, bile, and semen)
 * 9) an atom (there are 3015 kalā-s or atoms in every one of the six dhātu-s, not counting the rasa-,therefore in all 18090)
 * 10) (with pāśupata-s) the elements of the gross or material world
 * 11) an embryo shortly after conception
 * 12) a designation of the three constituent parts of a sacrifice (viz. mantra-, - and śraddhā-)
 * 13) the menstrual discharge
 * 14) any practical art, any mechanical or fine art (sixty-four are enumerated in the śaivatantra-;the following is a list of them: gītam-, vādyam-, nṛtyam-, nāṭyam-, ālekhyam-, viśeṣaka-cchedyam-, taṇḍula-kusuma-balivikārāḥ-, puṣpāstaranam-, daśana-vasanāṅgarāgāḥ-, maṇi-bhūmikā-karma-, śayana-racanam-, udaka-vādyam-, udaka-ghātaḥ-, citrā yogāḥ-, mālya-granthana-vikalpāḥ-, keśa-śekharāpīḍayojanam-, nepathya-yogāḥ-, karṇa-pattra-bhaṅgāḥ-, gandha-yuktiḥ-, bhūṣaṇa-yojanam-, indrajālam-, kaucumāra-yogāḥ-, hasta-lāghavam-, citraśākāpūpa-bhakṣya-vikāra-kriyā-, pānaka-rasarāgāsava-yojanam-, sūcīvāpa-karma-, vīṇā-ḍama-ruka-sūtra-krīḍā-, prahelikā-, pratimā-, durvacakayogāḥ-, pustaka-vācanam-, nāṭakākhyāyikā-darśanam-, kāvya-samasyā-pūraṇam-, paṭṭikā-vetrabāṇa-vikalpāḥ-, tarkū-karmāṇi-, takṣaṇam-, vāstu-vidyā-, rūpya-ratna-parīkṣā-, dhātu-vādaḥ-, maṇi-rāga-jñānam-, ākara-jñānam-, vṛkṣāyur-veda-yogāḥ-, meṣa-kukkuṭa-lāvaka-yuddha-vidhiḥ-, śuka-sārikā-pralāpanam-, utsādanam-, keśa-mārjana-kauśalam-, akṣara-muṣṭikā-kathanam-, mlechitaka-vikalpāḥ-, deśa-bhāṣā-jñānam-, puṣpa-śakaṭikā-nimitta-jñānam-, yantra-mātṛkā-, dhāraṇa-mātṛkā-, saṃpāṭyam-, mānasī kāvya-kriyā-, kriyā-vikalpāḥ-, chalitakayogāḥ-, abhidhāna-koṣa-cchando-jñānam-, vastra-gopanāni-, dyūta-viśeṣaḥ-, ākarṣaṇa-krīḍā-, bālaka-krīḍanakāni-, vaināyikīnāṃ vidyāṇāṃ jñānam-, vaijayikīnāṃ vidyānāṃ jñānam-)
 * 15) skill, ingenuity
 * 16) ignorance
 * 17) a low and sweet tone
 * 18) name of a grammatical commentary

Etymology 2
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Noun

 * 1) a boat

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Proper noun

 * 1) a wife of
 * 2) a name of