Dictionary meanings for kāla from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
a. (lī f.) 1 Black, of a dark or dark-blue colour.
2 Injur- ing, hurting. laḥ 1 The black or dark-blue colour.
2 Time (in general); vilaṃbitaphalaiḥ kālaṃ nināya sa manorathaiḥ R. 1. 33; tasminkāle at that time; kāvyaśāstravinodena kālo gaccha- ti dhīmatāṃ H. 1. 1 the wise pass their time &c.
3 Fit or opportune time (to do a thing), proper time or occasion; (with gen., loc., dat., or inf.); R. 3. 12, 4. 6,...
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
mf (I Pa1n2. 4-1, 42) n. (fr. 3. kal?), black, of a dark colour, dark-blue MBh.; R. &c 277,1 49019 m. a black or dark-blue colour L. 277,1 49020 m. the black part of the eye Sus3r. 277,1 49021 m. the Indian cuckoo L. 277,1 49022
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
m. (3. kal, to calculate or enumerate), [ ifc. f (A). RPra1t. ], a fixed or right point of time, a space of time, time (in general) AV. xix, 53 & 54; S3Br. &c 278,1 49358 m. the proper time or season for (gen. dat. loc., in comp., inf., or Pot. with yad e.g. kālaḥ prasthānasya or nāya or ne, time for departure; kriyā-kāla, time for action Sus3r.; nāyaṃ kālo vilambitum, this is not the time to delay Nal.; kālo yad...
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