m. ([Siddh. napuṃs. 25], Sch.) the palmyra tree or fan-palm (Borassus flabelliformis, producing a sort of spirituous liquor; considered as a measure of height, [R. iv]; [vi, 2, 6]; [Lalit. iii], [xxii]; forming a banner, [MBh. iv], [vi], [xvi]; [Hariv.]; to pierce seven fan-palms with one shot is held to be a great feat, [R. i, 1, 64]; [AgP. viii, 2]), [Mn. viii, 246]; [MBh.] &c.
(fr. tāḍa) slapping the hands together or against one's arm, [xiii, 1397]; [R.] &c.
the flapping of an elephant's ears, [Ragh. ix, 71]; [Kathās. xii]; [xxi, 1]; [Prab. i], [v]
musical time or measure, [MBh.] &c. (cf. -jña & -śīla)
a dance, [Sāh. vi, 277]
a cymbal, [Pañcat.]; [BhP. viii, 15, 21]
(in prosody) a trochee
a span measured by the thumb and middle finger, [Hcat. i, 3, 855] and [6, 171]
(= tala) the palm (of the hand), [L.]
a lock, bolt, [W.]
(= tala) the hilt of a sword, [L.]
a goldsmith, [Gal.]
Śiva, [MBh. xiii, 1243]
pl. N. of a people (cf. -vana and apara-), [VarBṛS. xiv, 22]
m. n. orpiment, [L.]
N. of a hell, [VP. ii, 6, 2] and [10]; [ŚivaP.]
n. the nut of the fan-palm, [MBh. iii, 8718]; [Hariv. 3711] (cf. kākatālīya)
the throne of Durgā (cf. manas-), [L.] (v.l.)
mf(I, Pāṇ. iv, 3, 152)n. made of palmyra wood, [Mn. xi, 96/97]
cf. ucca-, ut-, eka-, kara-, kāṃsya-, kāma-, krośa-.