Kalantara, Kālāntara, Kala-antara, Kalamtara: 13 definitions

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Kalantara means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Buddhism, Pali, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit. 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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Pali-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Kalantara in Pali glossary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

kālantara : (nt.) interval; period.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Kāla-antara interval, period: kālantarena in a little while PvA. 13; na kālantare at once PvA. 19;

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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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Kalantara in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

kalāntara (कलांतर).—n S Interest on money.

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kaḷāntara (कळांतर).—n (kalāntara S) Interest on money. Pr. kaḷāntarācē āśē āṇi muddala nāśē.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Kalantara in Sanskrit glossary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kalāntara (कलान्तर).—

1) another digit.

2) interest, profit; मासे शतस्य यदि पञ्च कलान्तरं स्यात् (māse śatasya yadi pañca kalāntaraṃ syāt) Līlā.

Derivable forms: kalāntaram (कलान्तरम्).

Kalāntara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kalā and antara (अन्तर).

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Kālāntara (कालान्तर).—

1) an interval.

2) a period of time.

3) another time or opportunity. °आवृत (āvṛta) a. hidden or concealed in the womb of time. °क्षम (kṣama) a. able to bear delay; अकालक्षमा देव्याः शरीरावस्था (akālakṣamā devyāḥ śarīrāvasthā) K.263; Ś.4. °प्रेक्षिन् (prekṣin) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 3.172. °विषः (viṣaḥ) an animal venomous only when enraged, as a rat.

Derivable forms: kālāntaram (कालान्तरम्).

Kālāntara is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāla and antara (अन्तर).

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

Kalāntara (कलान्तर).—n.

(-raṃ) Interest, profit. E. kalā a part, antara over.

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Kālāntara (कालान्तर).—n.

(-raṃ) 1. Interval intermediate time. 2. Period, process of time. 3. A former or another time. E. kāla and antara between &c.

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

Kālāntara (कालान्तर).—[neuter] another time or intermediate time, interval, delay. — Instr. & [ablative] after some delay.

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

1) Kalāntara (कलान्तर):—[from kalā] (kalāntara) n. interest, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]

2) Kālāntara (कालान्तर):—[from kāla] n. ‘interval, intermediate time’

3) [from kāla] ‘another time’, opportunity, [Pañcatantra]

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

1) Kalāntara (कलान्तर):—[kalā+ntara] (raṃ) 1. n. Interest, profit.

2) Kālāntara (कालान्तर):—[kālā+ntara] (raṃ) 1. n. Process of time.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Kalāntara (कलान्तर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kalaṃtara.

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Kalantara 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.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Kalantara in Prakrit glossary
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Kalaṃtara (कलंतर) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Kalāntara.

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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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Kalantara in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Kalāṃtara (ಕಲಾಂತರ):—

1) [noun] money paid at a fixed rate for the use of money taken on loan; interest.

2) [noun] (astrol.) the centre of any of the sixty digits.

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Kaḷāṃtara (ಕಳಾಂತರ):—

1) [noun] money paid at a fixed rate for the use of money taken on loan; interest.

2) [noun] (astrol.) the centre of any of the sixty digits.

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Kālāṃtara (ಕಾಲಾಂತರ):—[noun] another time; a later time.

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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.

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