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Word (IAST)Word (Devanagari)Overview
valaवलvalá m. ‘enclosure’, a cave, cavern, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]
a cloud, [Naigh. i, 10]
a beam or pole, [KātyŚr.], Sch.
N. of a demon (brother of Vṛtra, and conquered by Indra; in later language called bala, q.v.)
= vali (see śata-vala).
valabhiवलभिf. or (more usual) f(I). (perhaps abbreviated fr. vala-bhid, ‘cloud-splitting’) the ridge of a roof, top or pinnacle of a house, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
a turret or temporary building on the roof of a house, upper room, [L.]
N. of a town in Saurāṣṭra, [Daś.] (also °bhi-pura).
valagaवलगvala—gá n. a partic. charm or spell hidden in a pit or cavern, any secret charm or spell, [AV.]; [VS.]
valakaवलकm. n. (?) (cf. balaka) a beam, pole, [KātyŚr.], Sch.
n. a procession, [Kathās.]
m. N. of one of the seven sages under Manu Tāmasa, [MārkP.]
valanāवलनाf. deflection (in astron.), [Sūryas.]; [VarBṛS.]
valanaवलनn. (ifc. f(A). ) turning, moving round in a circle, waving, undulation, agitation, [Kāv.]; [Sāh.]; [Rājat.]
valayīवलयीin comp. for valaya.
valayaवलयm. n. (ifc. f(A). ) a bracelet, armlet, ring (worn by men and women on the wrist), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. (also applied to waves as compared to bracelets)
a zone, girdle (of a married woman), [MW.]
a line (of bees), [Śiś.]
a circle, circumference, round enclosure (ifc. often = ‘encircled by’), [Gol.]; [Kāv.]; [Kathās.]
m. a sore throat, inflammation of the larynx, [Suśr.]
a kind of circular military array, [Kām.]
a branch, [MW.]
pl. N. of a people, [AV.Pariś.]
n. N. of certain round bones, [Bhpr.]
multitude, swarm, [Kād.]
valabhidवलभिद्vala—bhid See under bala.
valaginवलगिन्vala—gín mfn. versed in secret charms, [AV.]
valagnaवलग्नva-lagna m. n. = ava-lagna, the waist, middle, [L.]
valakṣaवलक्ष&c. See balakṣa.
valambhaवलम्भm. or n. (?) N. of a country, [Cat.]
valambaवलम्बva-lamba m. = ava-lamba, a perpendicular, [W.]
valavatवलवत्vala—vat mfn. containing the word vala, [AitBr.]
valayinवलयिन्mfn. provided with a bracelet, [BhP.]
(ifc.) encircled by, studded with (see jyotir-lekhā-v°).
valarasāवलरसाvala—rasā f. sulphur, [L.]
valayībhūवलयीभूvalayī—√ bhū P. -bhavati, to become a circle or circular enclosure, [Kir.]
valayīkṛवलयीकृvalayī—√ kṛ P. -karoti, to make into or use as a bracelet, [Śiś.]
valayitaवलयितmfn. encircled, surrounded, encompassed, enclosed by (instr. or comp.), [Kāv.]; [Chandom.]
put round (the arm, as a bracelet), [Śiś.]
forming a circle, curling, whirling round, [Kād.]; [Mālatīm.]
valayitṛवलयितृmfn. encircling, surrounding, [Dharmaś.]
valaṃrujaवलंरुजvala—ṃ-rujá mfn. shattering caverns, [RV.]
valagahanवलगहन्vala—ga—hán mfn. destroying secret charms, [VS.]
valakramaवलक्रमvala—krama m. N. of a mountain, [VP.]
valanāṃśaवलनांशm. degree of deflection, [MW.]
valantikāवलन्तिकाf. a partic. mode of gesticulation, [Vikr.] (v.l. valabhikā).
valayavatवलयवत्valaya—vat mfn. See latā-valaya-vat.
valanāśanaवलनाशनvala—nāśana See under bala.
valasūdanaवलसूदनvala—sūdana &c. See under bala.
valayīkṛtaवलयीकृतvalayī—kṛta mfn. made into or used as a bracelet
valabhīniveśaवलभीनिवेशvalabhī-niveśa m. an upper room, [Dharmaś.]
valayīkṛtāhiवलयीकृताहिvalayī—kṛ°tāhi mfn. girdled with a serpent as with a bracelet (as Śiva's hand), [Kum.]
valakeśvaratīrthaवलकेश्वरतीर्थvalakeśvara-tīrtha n. N. of a Tīrtha, [Cat.]
valayīkṛtavāsukiवलयीकृतवासुकिvalayī—kṛta—vāsuki m. ‘one who has made the serpent Vāsuki his bracelet’, N. of Śiva, [MW.]