Hela, Hé lá, He la, Hè lā, Helā: 27 definitions
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Hela means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, biology. 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.
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In Hinduism
Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)
Helā (हेला, “graceful expression”).—Everyone’s ordinary feeling (bhāva), which depend on the Erotic Sentiment (śṛṅgāra-rasa), and reveals itself through graceful movements (lalitābhinaya) is called the “graceful expression of feeling” (helā) by the wise.
Helā (हेला) refers to a particular Laya or Parikrama-Gati (“movement-gait”).—See Abhinavabhāratī, Commentary on Nāṭyaśāstra 12.113-114 (GOS Vol. II, p.148).—Abhinava comments on this portion by saying that the word ‘viṣkambha’ indicates stability. At the outset, the feet are to be placed firmly on the ground. Then they are to be dragged with an effort similar to ploughing land. Bharata gives us an example for this by saying ‘paṅkalagna’—which means stuck in a mire. Abhinava says that in order to present such a gait, the khañjaka, helā and vilambitā gaits described by Kohala are appropriate.
The definition of Helā-laya according to Tumburu is given by M. R. Kavi’s footnote: “Helā-laya has four laghus and two gurus repeated twice. It is characterized by use of śamyā and tāla repeatedly. It has twelve pāṭas and the rest are to be done four times. This is a variety of the cañcatpuṭa tāla and is used in the gaits of courtesans, brahmin ladies, householders (while they engage in sports) and chamberlains”.
The definition of Helā according to Kohala is also given: “He says that four laghus and two gurus repeated twice make the helā gait. This is a variety of cañcatpuṭa tāla and is used in garden or mansion sports, watching some effulgence, seeing the future nāyaka (husbands) for a maiden etc. It is always to be used with the mālavavesarikā rāga which is born of the ṭakka rāga”.
Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).
Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)
Helā (हेला) (also called Vilambitā when possessed of a Yamaka) is the name of a catuṣpadi metre (as popularly employed by the Apabhraṃśa bards), as discussed in books such as the Chandonuśāsana, Kavidarpaṇa, Vṛttajātisamuccaya and Svayambhūchandas.—Helā has 22 mātrās in each of its four lines, divided into the groups of 6, 4, 4, 4 and 4 mātrās, where the 2nd and the 5th caturmātras which must either be [ISI] or [IIII].
Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
Helā (हेला) refers to “sport”, according to the Manthānabhairavatantra, a vast sprawling work that belongs to a corpus of Tantric texts concerned with the worship of the goddess Kubjikā.—Accordingly, “[...] (The same energy operates) within the five called the Jewels that follows after the group of four called the Siddhas, and in the triad that removes all impurity (consisting of) the six of the sextet, the five of the pentad and the quaternary. (It operates within the six Yoginīs) beginning with Ḍā, within the six paths and the rest present in the passion of the sequence of the sport (helā-krama) that begins with the secret (genital centre) and in the sextet of the Wheel of the Yoginī Kamalamatī and the host of Dūtīs beginning with Svabhrā Nityā
Helā (हेला) refers to one of the 72 rays of the Viśuddhi-Cakra which (together with the 64 rays of the Ājñā) are associated with the lunar plane called Brahmagranthi, according to Śaṅkarācārya’s Saudaryalaharī.—Accordingly, the Goddess is visualised (by Sādhaka) as dwelling above the six Ādhāracakras ruling over the 360 rays which emanate in them [e.g., Helā]. These 360 rays represent 360 syllables (i.e., a consummation of the śabdaprapañca or 50 alphabets) as well as the principles of nature. For the 360 syllables, together with haṃ and saḥ, Nyāsa should be performed for Śrīcakrapūjā.
Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
Ayurveda (science of life)
Toxicology (Study and Treatment of poison)
Helā (हेला) is the name of a herbal ingredient which is included in a (snake) poison antidote recipe, according to the Kāśyapa Saṃhitā: an ancient Sanskrit text from the Pāñcarātra tradition dealing with both Tantra and Viṣacikitsā, which represents the Ayurvedic study on Toxicology (Viṣavidyā or Sarpavidyā).—In the Añjana or Collyrium segment of the eighth Adhyāya, Kāśyapa prescribes eight types of permutation and combination of herbs that effectively arrest poison. According to Kāśyapasaṃhitā (verse VIII.39b-40), “Arjuna, Kuṣṭha, Nata, Vyoma, Tulasī, Śāribā, Dhana, Helā, Hiṅgu,Vacā,Yaṣṭhi,Vilaṅga, Sindhu, honey boiled in the latex of Palāśa and salt water and stored in the horn of a cow, applied as collyrium treats poison effectively”.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
Vedanta (school of philosophy)
Helā (हेला) refers to “playfully (accept any perception)” (which one should abstain from), according to the Aṣṭāvakragītā (5th century BC), an ancient text on spirituality dealing with Advaita-Vedānta topics.—Accordingly, [as Aṣṭavakra says to Janaka]: “[...] Bondage is when the mind is tangled in one of the senses, and liberation is when the mind is not tangled in any of the senses. When there is no 'me' that is liberation, and when there is 'me' there is bondage. Considering this earnestly (helā) [helayā ... mā], do not hold on and do not reject [matveti helayā kiñcinmā gṛhāṇa vimuñca mā]”.
Vedanta (वेदान्त, vedānta) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. There are a number of sub-schools of Vedanta, however all of them expound on the basic teaching of the ultimate reality (brahman) and liberation (moksha) of the individual soul (atman).
Gitashastra (science of music)
Helā (हेला) refers to one of the twelve Tālas classified as Bhaṅgatāla, which are associated with the Dhruvā-gāna.—[...] Though belonged to the mārga tradition, Dhrūvā-gāna included some tālas which were employed in nāṭya and yet not described in Nāṭyaśāstra. These tālas were classified as bhaṅga [e.g., helā-tāla], upabhaṅga and vibhaṅga-tālas. These have not been mentioned by Bharata, but they are still considered to be a part of mārga. They do not belong to the deśī tradition. M. R. Kavi also gives a list of tālas associated with Dhruvāgāna.
Gitashastra (गीतशास्त्र, gītaśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science of Music (gita or samgita), which is traditionally divided in Vocal music, Instrumental music and Dance (under the jurisdiction of music). The different elements and technical terms are explained in a wide range of (often Sanskrit) literature.
In Buddhism
Chinese Buddhism
曷剌 [he la]—? āraṇya, v. 阿 [a].
Chinese Buddhism (漢傳佛教, hanchuan fojiao) is the form of Buddhism that developed in China, blending Mahayana teachings with Daoist and Confucian thought. Its texts are mainly in Classical Chinese, based on translations from Sanskrit. Major schools include Chan (Zen), Pure Land, Tiantai, and Huayan. Chinese Buddhism has greatly influenced East Asian religion and culture.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
Hela (हेल) participated in the war between Rāma and Rāvaṇa, on the side of the latter, as mentioned in Svayambhūdeva’s Paumacariu (Padmacarita, Paumacariya or Rāmāyaṇapurāṇa) chapter 57ff. Svayambhū or Svayambhūdeva (8th or 9th century) was a Jain householder who probably lived in Karnataka. His work recounts the popular Rāma story as known from the older work Rāmāyaṇa (written by Vālmīki). Various chapters [mentioning Hela] are dedicated to the humongous battle whose armies (known as akṣauhiṇīs) consisted of millions of soldiers, horses and elephants, etc.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
India history and geography
Hela is a Tiwa term referring to “an official”.—It appears in the study dealing with the vernacular architecture (local building construction) of Assam whose rich tradition is backed by the numerous communities and traditional cultures.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Biology (plants and animals)
Hela in Tanzania is the name of a plant defined with Dactyloctenium aegyptium in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Chloris mucronata Michx. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Giardino Colon. Palermo (1910)
· Nomenclator Botanicus. Editio secunda (1840)
· Mexicanas Plantas (1886)
· Tableau Encyclopédique et Méthodique … Botanique (1791)
· Petite Flore de l’Ouest-Africain (1954)
· Plantae Europeae (1870)
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Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
hēla (हेल).—m f The business of carrying burdens (from village to village or place to place), porterage (v vāha): also the burden carried: also the cost of carriage, the fare. 2 The supplying for a few days (with water, milk &c.) of a family in which a child is born. Usually performed by Shudra females, and viewed as a sort of tribute or as an acknowledgment of respect. Also the water, milk &c. so supplied or brought. Also the throwing of water before the door for a few days, as an act of the same significance. 3 m A cartload (of kaṛba, hay, straw, sticks, rafters &c.) hēla consists of materials or things which are bound, not of such as sand, lime, earth, ashes, stones &c. 4 A loud and prolonged utterance (in singing, wailing, calling &c.) v kāḍha & nigha f A term in the play of āṭyāpāṭyā.
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hēlā (हेला).—m (halya S) A male buffalo. See halyā. Pr. hēlyācyā kānīṃ kiṅgarī vājavilī tarīṃ tō āpalī drōṃya sōḍīta nāhīṃ A fool wont mend his ways through good example or advice.
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hēlā (हेला).—f S Sport, wanton play, dalliance. 3 Despising or contemning; rejecting superciliously or treating contumeliously: also contempt, disregard. slight.
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hēḷā (हेळा).—m A tree or its fruit. See bēhaḍā.
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hēḷā (हेळा).—ad (Poetry. hēlā S Contemning.) Easily.
hēla (हेल).—m f Porterage; the cost of carriage. The burden carried. The business of carrying burdens. m A loud and prolonged utterance.
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hēlā (हेला).—m A male buffalo.
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
Helā (हेला).—[heḍ-bhāve-ḍasya laḥ]
1) Contempt, disrespect, insult; तत्पूर्वमंसद्वयसं द्विपाधिपाः क्षणं सहेलाः परितो जगाहिरे (tatpūrvamaṃsadvayasaṃ dvipādhipāḥ kṣaṇaṃ sahelāḥ parito jagāhire) Śiśupālavadha 12.72.
2) (a) Amorous sport or dalliance, wanton sport; हेलात्यन्तं समालक्ष्य विकारः स्यात् स एव च (helātyantaṃ samālakṣya vikāraḥ syāt sa eva ca) S. D.128; भावो हावश्च हेला च त्रयस्तत्र शरीरजाः (bhāvo hāvaśca helā ca trayastatra śarīrajāḥ) D. R.2.32. (b) Pleasure, delight, pastime; मुग्धेन्दुसुन्दरतदीयमुखावलोकहेलाविशृङ्खलकुतू- हलनिह्नवाय (mugdhendusundaratadīyamukhāvalokahelāviśṛṅkhalakutū- halanihnavāya) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 9.43.
3) Strong sexual desire; प्रौढे- च्छयाऽतिरूढानां नारीणां सुरतोत्सवे । शृङ्गारशास्त्रतत्त्वज्ञैर्हेला सा परि- कीर्तिता (prauḍhe- cchayā'tirūḍhānāṃ nārīṇāṃ suratotsave | śṛṅgāraśāstratattvajñairhelā sā pari- kīrtitā) ||
4) Ease, facility; निवेशयामासिथ हेलयोद्धृतम् (niveśayāmāsitha helayoddhṛtam) Śiśupālavadha 1. 34; हेलया (helayā) 'easily', without any difficulty or trouble.
5) Moonlight.
6) A pause in a note or shaking (as in music).
Helā (हेला).—(1) (perhaps compare [Jaina Māhārāṣṭrī] heḍā, defined by Hindi ghaṭā, samūha, [Paia-sadda-mahaṇṇavo]) some sort of container, basket or the like: sa hiraṇya-suvarṇasya helāṃ pūrayitvā Avadāna-śataka i.224.6; gṛhapatinā sā suvarṇa-helā brāhmaṇāya dattā 8; (2) a high number: Gaṇḍavyūha 106.12; no corresp. in Gaṇḍavyūha 133.22 or parallel lists.
Helā (हेला).—f.
(-lā) 1. Wanton sport, dalliance, lascivious endearment. 2. Disrespect, contempt. 3. Facility, ease. 4. Moonlight. E. hil to dally, affs. ac and ṭāp; or heḍ to disregard, ac aff., ḍa changed to la .
Helā (हेला).—[hel + ā], f. 1. Sport, [Ratnāvalī, 2. ed. Calc.] 2. ed. 17, 11. 2. Contempt, [Śiśupālavadha] 2, 48. 3. Dallying, lascivious endearment, delight, [Mālatīmādhava, (ed. Calc.)] 157, 19. 4. Manner, Neriosengh, see Gött. Gel. Anz. 1861, p. 1837. 5. instr. layā (properly, Sportively, easily; cf. līlā), At once, [Pañcatantra] ii. [distich] 80; 106, 1; 134, 13; 168, 6; [Rājataraṅgiṇī] 5, 84.
Helā (हेला).—[feminine] wantonness, fickleness, levity, sport; °— & [instrumental] easily, quickly, at once.
1) Hela (हेल):—[from heL] (or heḍa) m. anger, passion, hatred, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda]
2) Helā (हेला):—[from hel] f. (ifc. f(ā). ) disrespect, contempt (cf. avahelā)
3) [v.s. ...] wanton sport, frivolity, amorous dalliance (of women; in [dramatic language] one of the 20 natural graces [sattva-ja alaṃkāra] of the Nāyikā), [Daśarūpa; Sāhitya-darpaṇa] etc.
4) [v.s. ...] sport, pastime, carelessness, ease, facility ([in the beginning of a compound] and [instrumental case] sg. or [plural] ‘in sport’, ‘sportively’, ‘easily’, ‘at once’; tṛṇa-helayā, ‘as if it were a straw’), [Kāvya literature; Kathāsaritsāgara] etc.
5) [v.s. ...] moonlight, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
6) [v.s. ...] = prastāva, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Helā (हेला):—(lā) 3. f. Wanton dalliance; contempt; moon light.
Helā (हेला):—(wie eben) f.
1) ein best. ungebundenes Gebahren eines verliebten Weibes [Amarakoṣa.1,1,7,32.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa.3,3,410.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 509.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha.2,516.] [Medinīkoṣa 1. 56.] [Halāyudha.1,89.] [DAŚAR.2,32.] [PRATĀPAR. 55,a.] [Sāhityadarpana 125.] helātyantaṃ samālakṣyavikāraḥ syātsa (d. i. hāvaḥ) eva ca [?128. 509. Harivaṃśa 8348 (pl.). Śrutabodha 34. MĀLATĪM. 157, 19.] am Ende eines adj. comp.: nūpurodghuṣṭahelā (nūpurotkṛṣṭalīlā ed. Bomb.) [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 60, 19.] —
2) Leichtsinn, Sorglosigkeit; = avajñā [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha 4, 30.] helā syātkāryanāśāya [Cāṇakya 91] bei [HAEB.] helayā leichtsinniger Weise; mit Leichtigkeit, ohne sich irgend einen Zwang anzuthun, ohne Weiteres, mir nichts dir nichts: helayā kiṃcinmā gṛhāṇa muñca vā [Oxforder Handschriften 228,a, Nalopākhyāna] [Spr. (II) 1264. 3798. 6395.] [Śiśupālavadha.2,52.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 30,124. 48,74. 50,25. 57,121. 61,203. 65,157. 102,47.] [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 14,29.] [NĀGĀN. 36,2.] [KĀŚIKH.2,13] (s. u. helika). [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 43. 4, 218. 364. 450. 716. 5, 84. 113.] [Pañcatantra 106, 1. 2. 134, 13. 186, 6. 256, 24] (yenaiva he zu lesen). tṛṇahelayā mit Leichtigkeit, als wenn man es mit einem Strohhalm zu thun hätte, [Kathāsaritsāgara 46, 68.] ahelayā nicht ohne Weiteres so v. a. alles Ernstes [Spr. (II) 5135.] helābhis = helayā [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 14, 19.] sahelam desgl. [Kathāsaritsāgara 6, 110. 55, 40] (am Anf. eines comp.). helā am Anfange eines comp. in der Bed. von helayā [Mṛcchakaṭikā 44, 15.] [RATNĀV.] (neuere Ausg.) [17, 11.] [Spr. (II) 7421. fg.] [morgenländischen Gesellschaft 27, 55. 66.] [Kathāsaritsāgara 35, 98. 82, 47. 107, 22.] —
3) = prastāva [Halāyudha 5, 19.] —
4) Mondschein [ŚABDĀRTHAK.] bei [WILSON.] — Vgl. avahelā und prahelā .
Hela (हेल) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Hīla, Hīlā, Helā.
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.
Prakrit-English dictionary
1) Helā (हेला) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Helā.
2) Helā (हेला) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Helā.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Nepali dictionary
1) Hela (हेल):—n. 1. a milkman; 2. heliograph; 3. a rope to tether the horse;
2) Helā (हेला):—n. 1. disregard; disrespect; 2. underestimation; neglect;
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
Chinese-English dictionary
赫拉 ts = hè lā p refers to “Hera (wife of Zeus)”.
Chinese language.
Vietnamese-English dictionary
He la (in Vietnamese) can be associated with the following Chinese and English terms:
1) Hề la with 醯羅 [xī luó]: “Hiḍḍa” [Asian place name].
Vietnamese language.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: He, Ai, La, E.
Starts with (+20): Hela wara, Helacakra, Helacekyraim, Helacyamkri, Heladanda, Heladola, Heladolo, Helaga, Helagada, Helagata, Helagati, Helahu, Helai, Helaka, Helakari, Helakava, Helakavanem, Helakavinem, Helake, Helako.
Full-text (+96): Sahela, Avahela, Prahela, Sa po he la ta xi tuo, Mo nu he la ta, Helavukka, He la da na jie po, Ekahela, Avayatahelas, Helaraja, Sa po xi da duo, Helavat, Helacakra, Apahela, He la nai, He la te, He la si, He la te sheng, He la ke li te, Heda.
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