Gal: 9 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGal (गल्).—1 P. (galati, -jagāla, agālīt, galitum, galita)
1) To drop, drip, ooze, trickle; जलमिव गलत्युपदिष्टम् (jalamiva galatyupadiṣṭam) K.13; अच्छकपोलमूलगलितैः (acchakapolamūlagalitaiḥ) (aśrubhiḥ) Amaruśataka 29,96; Bv.2.21; R.19.22.
2) To drop or fall down; शरदमच्छगलद्वस- नोपमा (śaradamacchagaladvasa- nopamā) Śiśupālavadha 6.42;9.75; प्रतोदा जगलुः (pratodā jagaluḥ) Bhaṭṭikāvya 14.99;17.87. गलद्धम्मिल्ल (galaddhammilla) Gītagovinda 2; R.7.1; Meghadūta 46.
3) To vanish, disappear, pass away, be removed; गलति मध्यरात्रे (galati madhyarātre) Dk.; शैशवेन सह गलति गुरुजनस्नेहः (śaiśavena saha galati gurujanasnehaḥ) K.289; विद्यां प्रमादगलिता- मिव चिन्तयामि (vidyāṃ pramādagalitā- miva cintayāmi) Ch. P.1; Bhartṛhari 2.44; Bhaṭṭikāvya 5.43; R.3.7.
4) To eat, swallow (connected with gṝ). -Caus. or 1 U. (p. p. galita)
1) To pour out.
2) To filter, strain.
3) To flow (Ā.).
4) To fuse, liquefy, dissolve, melt. -With निस् (nis) to ooze or flow out, trickle down; निर्गलिताम्बुगर्भं शरद्घनं नार्दति चातकोऽपि (nirgalitāmbugarbhaṃ śaradghanaṃ nārdati cātako'pi) R.5.17.
-paryā to drop down; Bhaṭṭikāvya 2.4.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryGal (गल्).—[gala] r. 1st cl. (galati) 1. To eat. 2. To ooze; also (ṅ) galaṅ r. 10th cl. (galayate) To drop, to ooze or distil. With ava prefixed, To fall, to fall down or off; With vi, 1. To go, to approach. 2. To bear or support.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryGal (गल्).—(akin to gur, cf. ud -gur), i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] 1. To drop, to distil, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 11, 57. 2. To fall, [Śiśupālavadha] 9, 75. 3. To disappear, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 1, 69.
— [Causal.] gālaya, 1. To percolate, [Daśakumāracarita] 156, 2. 2. To sift, [Suśruta] 1, 165, 18. 3. To dilute, [Suśruta] 1, 166, 6.
— With the prep. ava ava, To fall off, [Śiśupālavadha] 8, 34.
— With ā ā, To fall, [Rāmāyaṇa] 5, 13, 34.
— With samā sam-ā, To tumble down, Mahābhārata 1, 1409.
— With ud ud, To burst forth, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 1, 10, 14.
— With nis nis, nirgalita, Distilling, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 5, 17.
— With pari pari, parigalita, 1. Tumbled down, Mahābhārata 1, 1183. 2. Sunk in, [Pañcatantra] 8, 17.
— With vi vi, 1. To distil, [Prabodhacandrodaya, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 79, 16. 2. To fall off, [Amaruśataka, (ed. Calcutt.)] 36. 3. To disappear, [Kathāsaritsāgara, (ed. Brockhaus.)] 7, 75. vigalita, 1. Drained by distilling, Mahābhārata 1, 1182. 2. Liquefied, dissolved, Kathās 18, 78; [Gītagovinda. ed. Lassen.] 1, 31. 3. Tumbled down, Mahābhārata 4, 826. 4. Unwieldy, [Bhartṛhari, (ed. Bohlen.)] 3, 74.
— Cf. garuḍa, and [Latin] volare (concerning the signification, cf. pat), (Causal).
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Gal (गल्).—i. 10, Atm. To distil; see 1. gal.
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Gal (गल्).—i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] To eat.
— Cf. 2. gṛ10.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryGal (गल्).—galati [participle] galita (q.v.) drip, drop, fall, vanish, pass away. [Causative] gālayati cause to drop, liquify, melt, filter, wring out.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Gal (गल्):—1. gal [class] 1. [Parasmaipada] lati, to drip, drop, ooze, trickle, distil, [Pañcatantra v; Brahma-purāṇa; Kathāsaritsāgara] etc.;
—to fall down or off, [Raghuvaṃśa; vii, 10; Bhaṭṭi-kāvya; Gīta-govinda; Prabodha-candrodaya ii];
—to vanish, perish, pass away, [Daśakumāra-carita; Kathāsaritsāgara; Kuvalayānanda] :—[Causal] gālayati, to cause to drop, filter, strain, [Suśruta; Daśakumāra-carita];
—to cause (the water of a dropsical person) to go off, [Caraka vi, 18];
—to fuse, liquefy, dissolve, melt, [Suśruta] : [Ātmanepada] te, to flow, [Dhātupāṭha xxxiii, 26] :—[Intensive] p. jalgalyamāna, causing to drop from one’s body, [Nirukta, by Yāska vii, 13];
2) cf. Old [German] qvall, quillu, qual and quella, ‘a well.’
3) 2. gal (= √2. gṝ) [class] 1. [Parasmaipada] lati, to eat, swallow, [Dhātupāṭha xv, 39.]
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Gal (गल्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Gala.
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Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryGal in Hindi refers in English to:——an allomorph of '[gala]' and '[gala]' used as the first member in compound words; ~[gamda] a disease resulting in the inflammation of throat-glands; ~[bahiyam] embracement with arms thrown around each other’s neck; ~[muccha] hooked moustache, long curled whiskers; ~[sua] a disease resulting in the inflammation of jaw-gums and consequest fever..—gal (गल) is alternatively transliterated as Gala.
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with (+614): Gal phuli, Gal Vihare, Gal-ber, Gal-karanda, Gal-phule, Gal-phulle, Gal-putti, Gala, Galaa, Galaba, Galabahya, Galabala, Galabalanem, Galabalata, Galabali, Galabalisu, Galabalita, Galabalya, Galabanda, Galabarike.
Ends with (+304): Acacia senegal, Acajou du senegal, Accabeldimgal, Accadimgal, Accaveldimgal, Adamgal, Adegal, Adigal, Adukumgal, Agal, Aivagal, Alardomgal, Alardurugal, Alatigegal, Aligal, Alutgal, Amaldomgal, Amangal, Amdigal, Amdugal.
Full-text (+102): Gala, Galana, Galitaka, Gali, Galanti, Pragal, Galaka, Avagal, Galita, Parigalita, Gulpha, Nigada, Nigal, Vigalita, Galati, Gal-karanda, Galitapradipika, Galanika, Garut, Gal phuli.
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Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (by Nāgārjuna)
Chapter 12 - Investigation of Anguish
Chapter 27 - Investigation of Views
Bodhisattvacharyavatara (by Andreas Kretschmar)
Text Section 271 < [Khenpo Chöga’s Oral Explanations]
Śāntideva’s Bodhisattva-caryāvatāra - Tibetan Text
Galsworthy < [November 1939]
Reverberations of Dharmakirti’s Philosophy (by Birgit Kellner)
Blue Annals (deb-ther sngon-po) (by George N. Roerich)
Chapter 3f - The Life Story of the Ācārya Ston pa dbang phyul rgyal pa < [Book 4 - New Traditions of Secret Mantra]
Chapter 3c - The Life story of Lha rje zla ba'i 'od zer < [Book 4 - New Traditions of Secret Mantra]
Chapter 6 - Six texts of Adamantine Sow (Vajravārahī) < [Book 7 - The preaching of the Tantras]