कला [ kalā ] [ kalā́ ] f. (etym. doubtful) a small part of anything , any single part or portion of a whole , esp. a sixteenth part Lit. RV. viii , 47 , 17 Lit. TS. Lit. ŚBr. Lit. Mn.

a digit or one-sixteenth of the moon's diameter Lit. Hit. Lit. Kathās.

( personified as a daughter of Kardama and wife of Marīci Lit. BhP.)

a symbolical expression for the number sixteen Lit. Hcat.

interest on a capital (considered as a certain part of it) Lit. Śiś. ix , 32

a division of time (said to be 1/900 of a day or 1-6 minutes Lit. Mn. i , 64 Lit. Hariv. ; or 1/1800 of a day or 0-8 minutes Comm. on Lit. VP. ; or 2 minutes and 26 54/201 seconds Lit. Suśr. ; or 1 minute and 35 205/301 , seconds , or 8 seconds Lit. BhavP.)

the sixtieth part of one-thirtieth of a zodiacal sign , a minute of a degree Lit. Sūryas.

(in prosody) a syllabic instant

a term for the seven substrata of the elements or Dhātus of the human body (viz. flesh , blood , fat , phlegm , urine , bile , and semen ; but according to Hemacandra , [ rasa ] , " chyle " , [ asthi ] , " bone " , and [ majjan] , " marrow " , take the place of phlegm , urine , and bile) Lit. Suśr.

an atom (there are 3015 Kalās or atoms in every one of the six Dhātus , not counting the [ rasa ] , therefore in all 18090)

(with Pāśupatas) the elements of the gross or material world Lit. Sarvad.

an embryo shortly after conception ( cf. [ kalana ] )

a designation of the three constituent parts of a sacrifice (viz. [ mantra ] , [ dravya ] , and [ śraddhā ] Lit. Nīlak. on Lit. MBh. ( ed. Bomb. ) xiv , 89 , 3)

the menstrual discharge Lit. L.

any practical art , any mechanical or fine art (sixty-four are enumerated in the Śaivatantra ( Lit. T. ) ; the following is a list of them: [ gītam ] , [ vādyam ] , [ nṛtyam ] , [ nāṭyam ] , [ ālekhyam ] , [ viśeṣaka-cchedyam ] , [taṇḍula-kusuma-balivikārāḥ ] , [ puṣpāstaranam ] , [ daśana-vasanāṅgarāgāḥ ] , [ maṇi-bhūmikā-karma ] , [ śayana-racanam ] , [ udaka-vādyam ] , [ udaka-ghātaḥ ] , [ citrā yogāḥ ] , [ mālya-granthana-vikalpāḥ ] , [keśa-śekharāpīḍayojanam ] , [ nepathya-yogāḥ ] , [ karṇa-pattra-bhaṅgāḥ ] , [ gandha-yuktiḥ ] , [ bhūṣaṇa-yojanam ] , [ indrajālam ] , [ kaucumāra-yogāḥ ] , [ hasta-lāghavam ] , [ citraśākāpūpa-bhakṣya-vikāra-kriyā] , [ pānaka-rasarāgāsava-yojanam ] , [ sūcīvāpa-karma ] , [ vīṇā-ḍama-ruka-sūtra-krīḍā ] , [ prahelikā ] , [ pratimā ] , [ durvacakayogāḥ ] , [ pustaka-vācanam ] , [ nāṭakākhyāyikā-darśanam ] , [ kāvya-samasyā-pūraṇam ] , [ paṭṭikā-vetrabāṇa-vikalpāḥ ] , [ tarkū-karmāṇi ] , [ takṣaṇam ] , [ vāstu-vidyā ] , [ rūpya-ratna-parīkṣā ] , [ dhātu-vādaḥ ] , [ maṇi-rāga-jñānam ] , [ ākara-jñānam ] , [ vṛkṣāyur-veda-yogāḥ ] , [ meṣa-kukkuṭa-lāvaka-yuddha-vidhiḥ ] , [ śuka-sārikā-pralāpanam ] , [ utsādanam ] , [ keśa-mārjana-kauśalam ] , [ akṣara-muṣṭikā-kathanam ] , [ mlechitaka-vikalpāḥ ] , [ deśa-bhāṣā-jñānam ] , [ puṣpa-śakaṭikā-nimitta-jñānam ] , [ yantra-mātṛkā ] , [ dhāraṇa-mātṛkā ] , [ saṃpāṭyam ] , [ mānasī kāvya-kriyā ] , [ kriyā-vikalpāḥ ] , [ chalitakayogāḥ ] , [ abhidhāna-koṣa-cchando-jñānam ] , [ vastra-gopanāni ] , [ dyūta-viśeṣaḥ ] , [ākarṣaṇa-krīḍā ] , [ bālaka-krīḍanakāni ] , [ vaināyikīnāṃ vidyāṇāṃ jñānam ] , [ vaijayikīnāṃ vidyānāṃ jñānam ] ; see also Lit. Vātsy. i , 3 , 17) Lit. R. Lit. Pañcat. Lit. Bhartṛ. ( 261,1 )

skill , ingenuity

ignorance

a low and sweet tone Lit. Bālar.

a boat Lit. L.

a N. given to Dākshāyaṇī in the region near the river Candrabhāgā Lit. MatsyaP.

N. of a grammatical commentary.