1 A sort of deadly poison produced at the churning of the ocean; (being of a very virulent character it began to burn up everything when it was swallowed by the god Śiva); aha- meva guruḥ sudāruṇānāmiti hālāhala māsma tāta dṛṣyaḥ. nanu saṃti bhavādṛśāni bhūyo bhuvane'smin vacanāni durjanānāṃ Subhāsh.

2 (Hence) A deadly poison or poison in general; see Bv. 1. 95, 2. 73; Pt. 1. 188. (Also written halāhala or...