Dictionary meanings for kalā from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
[kal-kac] A small part of anything; U. 1. 1; a bit, jot; kalāmapya- kṛtapārelaṃbaḥ K. 304; sarve te mitragātrasya kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīṃ Pt. 2. 55; Ms. 2. 86, 8. 36.
2 A digit of the moon (these are sixteen); jagati jayinaste te bhāvā naveṃdukalādayaḥ Māl. 1. 36; Ku. 5. 71; Me. 89.
3 Interest on capi- tal (consideration paid for the use of money); ghanavīthivīthimavatīrṇavato nidhiraṃ- bhasāmupacayāya kalāḥ Śi....
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
f. (etym. doubtful) a small part of anything, any single part or portion of a whole, esp. a sixteenth part RV. viii, 47, 17; TS.; S3Br.; Mn. &c 261,1 45820 f. a digit or one-sixteenth of the moon's diameter Hit.; Katha1s. 261,1 45821 f. (personified as a daughter of Kardama kardama and wife of Mari1ci marīci BhP.) 261,1 45822 f. a symbolical expression for the number sixteen Hcat. 261,1 45823
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