Alternative spellings of this word include Falan.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

phālana : (nt.) splitting.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Phālana, (nt.) (fr. phāleti) splitting J. I, 432 (dāru°); Vism. 500 (vijjhana°). (Page 478)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

phalāṇā (फलाणा).—pron ( P) Such a one; a certain person.

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phaḷaṇa (फळण).—f (phaḷaṇēṃ) The season or period of the year in which female animals (cows &c.) receive the male.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

phalāṇā (फलाणा).—pron Such a one; a cersain person.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Phalana (फलन).—[phal-lyuṭ]

1) Bearing fruit, fructifying.

2) Producing results or consequences.

Derivable forms: phalanam (फलनम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Phalana (फलन).—n.

(-naṃ) Fructifying, bearing fruit, producing consequences. E. phala, and lyuṭ aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Phalana (फलन):—[from phal] n. bearing fruit or producing consequences, [Horace H. Wilson]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Phalana (फलन):—(naṃ) 1. n. Fructifying.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Phalana (फलन) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Phalaṇa.

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Phalana (फलन) [Also spelled falan]:—(nm) fructification, fruitage, fruition; culmination; reflection; function.

2) Phalanā (फलना) [Also spelled falna]:—(v) to bear fruit; to be fruitful/useful; to thrive, to prosper; -[phūlanā] to be prosperous, to thrive.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

1) Phalaṇa (फलण) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Phalana.

2) Phālaṇa (फालण) also relates to the Sanskrit words: Pāṭana, Sphāṭana.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Phalāna (ಫಲಾನ):—[adjective] of this kind, sort.

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Phalānā (ಫಲಾನಾ):—[adjective] = ಫಲಾನ [phalana].

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Starts with: Phalanabistana, Phalanavala, Phalanavistana.

Ends with: Aphalana, Apphalana, Asphalana, Hadayaphalana, Jalanaphalana, Niphalana, Padasphalana, Padipphalana, Pphalana, Pratiphalana, Sphalana, Visphalana.

Full-text: Niphalana, Pratiphalana, Pratiphala, Phalane, Sphatana, Patana, Hadayaphalana, Falan, Falna, Sphalana, Piratipalanam, Phalanabistana, Vidya, Foolna, Phulana, Dudh, Dudha.

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