===> [ kalA ]1[ kal'A ] 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. ŚBr. Mn. &c. (1) a digit or one-sixteenth of the moon's diameter Hit. Kathās (2) (personified as a daughter of Kardama and wife of Marīci BhP.) (3) a symbolical expression for the number sixteen Hcat (4) interest on a capital (considered as a certain part of it) Śiś. ix, 32 (5) a division of time (said to be 1/900 of a day or 1-6 minutes Mn. i, 64 Hariv.

---> or 1/1800 of a day or 0-8 minutes Comm. on VP. (6) or 2 minutes and 26 54/201 seconds Suśr. (7) or 1 minute and 35 205/301, seconds, or 8 seconds BhavP.) (8) the sixtieth part of one-thirtieth of a zodiacal sign, a minute of a degree Sūryas (9) (in prosody) a syllabic instant (10) a term for the seven substrata of the elements or Dhātus of the human body (viz. flesh, blood, fat, phlegm, urine, bile, and semen (11) but according to Hemacandra, [ rasa ], ` chyle ', [ asthi ], ` bone ', and [ majjan ], ` marrow ', take the place of phlegm, urine, and bile) Suśr. (12) an atom (there are 3015 Kalās or atoms in every one of the six Dhātus, not counting the [ rasa ], therefore in all 18090) (13) (with Pāśupatas) the elements of the gross or material world Sarvad (14) an embryo shortly after conception (cf. [ kalana ]) (15) a designation of the three constituent parts of a sacrifice (viz. [ mantra ], [ dravya ], and [ zraddhA ] Nīlak. on MBh. [ ed. Bomb. ] xiv, 89, 3) (16) the menstrual discharge L. (17) any practical art, any mechanical or fine art (sixty-four are enumerated in the Śaivatantra [ T. ] (18) the following is a list of them: [ gItam ], [ vAdyam ], [ nRtyam ], [ nAtyam ], [ Alekhyam ], [ vizeSaka-cchedyam ], [ taNDula-kusuma-balivikArAH ], [ puSp^astaranam ], [ dazana-vasan^aGgarAgAH ], [ maNi-bhUmikA-karma ], [ zayana-racanam ], [ udaka-vAdyam ], [ udaka-ghAtaH ], [ citrA yogAH ], [ mAlya-granthana-vikalpAH ], [ keza-zekhar^apIDayojanam ], [ nepathya-yogAH ], [ karNa-pattra-bhaGgAH ], [ gandha-yuktiH ], [ bhUSaNa-yojanam ], [ indrajAlam ], [ kaucumAra-yogAH ], [ hasta-lAghavam ], [ citrazAk^apUpa-bhakSya-vikAra-kriyA ], [ pAnaka-rasarAg^asava-yojanam ], [ sUcIvApa-karma ], [ vINA-Dama-ruka-sUtra-krIDA ], [ prahelikA ], [ pratimA ], [ durvacakayogAH ], [ pustaka-vAcanam ], [ nATak^akhyAyikA-darzanam ], [ kAvya-samasyA-pUraNam ], [ paTTikA-vetrabANa-vikalpAH ], [ tarkU-karmANi ], [ takSaNam ], [ vAstu-vidyA ], [ rUpya-ratna-parIkSA ], [ dhAtu-vAdaH ], [ maNi-rAga-jJAnam ], [ Akara-jJAnam ], [ vRkS^ayur-veda-yogAH ], [ meSa-kukkuTa-lAvaka-yuddha-vidhiH ], [ zuka-sArikA-pralApanam ], [ utsAdanam ], [ keza-mArjana-kauzalam ], [ akSara-muSTikA-kathanam ], [ mlechitaka-vikalpAH ], [ deza-bhASA-jJAnam ], [ puSpa-zakaTikA-nimitta-jJAnam ], [ yantra-mAtRkA ], [ dhAraNa-mAtRkA ], [ saMpATyam ], [ mAnasI kAvya-kriyA ], [ kriyA-vikalpAH ], [ chalitakayogAH ], [ abhidhAna-koSa-cchando-jJAnam ], [ vastra-gopanAni ], [ dyUta-vizeSaH ], [ AkarSaNa-krIDA ], [ bAlaka-krIDanakAni ], [ vainAyikInAM vidyANAM jJAnam ], [ vaijayikInAM vidyAnAM jJAnam ] [ 261,2 ] (19) also Vātsy. i, 3, 17) R. Pañcat. Bhartṛ. &c. (20) skill, ingenuity (21) ignorance (22) a low and sweet tone Bālar (23) a boat L. (24) a N. given to Dākshāyaṇī in the region near the river Candrabhāgā MatsyaP. (25) N. of a grammatical commentary