The Sanskrit term Āpatkāḷa can be transliterated into English as Apatkala or Apatkalia, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Āpatkāla (आपत्काल) refers to “time of adversity”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.17 (“The dialogue between Indra and Kāmadeva”).—Accordingly, as Indra said to Kāma: “[...] Time being accursed, a great irremediable misery has befallen me. None other than you can dispel it. The test of a donor is at the time of famine; the test of a warrior is at the time of battle; the test of a friend is at the time of adversity [i.e., āpatkāla] and the test of a woman is in the financial weakness of the family. O dear, the test of a real friend is in the time of distress and is also based on what he does behind the back. It is not otherwise. This is truth. [...]”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

āpatkāḷa (आपत्काळ).—m (S) pop. apatkāḷa m Adverse times; an unpropitious period or season.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

āpatkāḷa (आपत्काळ).—m Adverse times.

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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 dictionary

Āpatkāla (आपत्काल).—days of adversity, time of distress, hour of danger; अब्राह्मणादध्ययनमापत्काले विधीयते (abrāhmaṇādadhyayanamāpatkāle vidhīyate) Manusmṛti 2.241,11.28.

Derivable forms: āpatkālaḥ (आपत्कालः).

Āpatkāla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms āpad and kāla (काल).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āpatkāla (आपत्काल).—m.

(-laḥ) Season of distress. E. āpad and kāla time.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Āpatkāla (आपत्काल):—[=āpat-kāla] a etc. See under 1. ā-√pad below.

2) [=āpat-kāla] [from āpat > ā-pad] b m. season or time of distress, [Manu-smṛti; Pañcatantra]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Āpatkāla (आपत्काल):—[āpat-kāla] (laḥ) 1. m. Time of trouble and distress.

[Sanskrit to German]

Apatkala in German

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Āpatkāla (आपत्काल):—(nm) emergency, hour of distress; ~[lika] emergent; pertaining to emergency.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Āpatkāla (ಆಪತ್ಕಾಲ):—

1) [noun] a period of adversity; a difficult period; hard times; a time of distress.

2) [noun] ಆಪತ್ಕಾಲಕ್ಕೆ ಆದವನೇ ನೆಂಟ [apatkalakke adavane nemta] āpatkālakke ādavanē neṇṭa = ಆಪತ್ತಿಗೆ ಆದವನೆ ನೆಂಟ [apattige adavane nemta].(see under ಆಪತ್ತು [apattu]).

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Apad, Kala.

Ends with: Japatkala, Yugapatkala.

Full-text: Apatkalika, Labhakala.

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