Kalayasa, Kāḷāyasa, Kala-ayasa: 13 definitions
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Kalayasa means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Kāḷāyasa can be transliterated into English as Kalayasa or Kaliayasa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (kavya)Kālāyasa (कालायस) refers to “black iron (mirrors)”, according to Bāṇa’s Kādambarī (p. 224-228).—Accordingly, “[Going ahead a little, he then sees that the Goddess Caṇḍikā] was enclosed by a door made from the ivory of wild elephants, as yellowish-white as fragments of ketakī filaments, and an iron architrave bearing an ornamental garland of black iron mirrors (kālāyasa-darpaṇa) surrounded by a row of red yak tail whisks resembling a garland of Śabara heads horrific with tawny hair”.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarykāḷāyasa : (nt.) (black) iron.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionaryKāḷa-ayasa black (dark) iron (to distinguish it from bronze, Rh. D. , Miln. trsl. II. 364; cp. blacksmith › silversmith) Miln. 414, 415;
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarykālāyasa (कालायस).—n S (Black iron.) Steel.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKālāyasa (कालायस).—iron.
Derivable forms: kālāyasam (कालायसम्).
Kālāyasa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāla and ayasa (अयस).
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Kālāyasa (कालायस).—iron. -a. made of iron; ततः कालायसं शूलं कण्टकैर्बहुभिश्च तम् (tataḥ kālāyasaṃ śūlaṃ kaṇṭakairbahubhiśca tam) Rām.7.8.15.
Derivable forms: kālāyasam (कालायसम्).
Kālāyasa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāla and āyasa (आयस).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKālāyasa (कालायस).—n.
(-saṃ) Iron. E. kāla, and ayas iron, ṭaca aff.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKālāyasa (कालायस).—i. e. kāla-ayas + a, n. Iron, [Rāmāyaṇa] 5, 37, 38.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKālāyasa (कालायस).—[neuter] iron, adj. made of iron.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kālāyasa (कालायस):—[from kāla] n. ([from] ayas), iron, [Rāmāyaṇa; Harivaṃśa] etc.
2) [v.s. ...] mfn. made of iron, [Rāmāyaṇa vii, 8, 15]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKālāyasa (कालायस):—(saṃ) 1. n. Iron.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKālāyasa (ಕಾಲಾಯಸ):—[noun] a malleable, magnetic, readily oxidizable metal which is a chemical element of the transition series (atomic no. 26), occurs abundantly in certain ores and in meteorites, and is widely used, chiefly in alloys such as steel, for tools, implements, structures, machinery, etc.; iron.
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Kāḷāyasa (ಕಾಳಾಯಸ):—[noun] a malleable, magnetic, readily oxidisable metal which is a chemical element of the transition series (atomic no. 26), occurs abundantly in certain ores and in meteorites, and is widely used, chiefly in alloys such as steel, for tools, implements, structures, machinery, etc.; iron.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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