Kalaci, Kalācī, Kaḷāci, Kalāci: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Kaḷāci can be transliterated into English as Kalaci or Kaliaci, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Kalachi.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKalācī (कलाची).—
1) A ladle or a kind of pot; दधत्कलाचीमितरः परोऽनिलम् (dadhatkalācīmitaraḥ paro'nilam) | Śahendravilās 3.11.
2) The fore-arm.
See also (synonyms): kalācika.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryKalācī (कलाची).—(Sanskrit Lex. id., and kalāci in late lit., Schmidt, Nachtr.; not in Pali; compare Prakrit kalāiā = Sanskrit Lex. °cikā, [Paia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo]), fore-arm: Śikṣāsamuccaya 228.14 -hasta-kalācī-bāhv-aṃśa- (in a long [compound] listing parts of the body).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKalācī (कलाची).—f. (-cī) See the preceding.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKalācī (कलाची):—[from kalācika] f. the fore-arm, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKalācī (कलाची):—(cī) 3. f. Idem.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKaḷaci (ಕಳಚಿ):—[noun] a kind of grain (?).
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Tamil dictionary
Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil LexiconKaḷāci (களாசி) noun < காளாஞ்சி. [kalanchi.] See களாஞ்சி. வெண்குடை களாசி பகடுசாமரை [kalanchi. venkudai kalasi pagadusamarai] (திருவாலவாயுடையார் திருவிளையாடற் [thiruvalavayudaiyar thiruvilaiyadar] 30, 53).
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Kalāci (கலாசி) noun < kalācī. Forearm; முன் கை. (யாழ்ப்பாணத்து மானிப்பாயகராதி) [mun kai. (yazhppanathu manippayagarathi)]
Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Kalacihna, Kalacika, Kalacikam, Kalacikamram, Kalacitraka.
Ends with: Nakalaci, Tupparkalaci.
Full-text: Kalashi, Kalacika, Kalavi, Tupparkalaci, Kalsa, Kalasha, Milinda, Alasanda.
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