Kalakshepa, Kālakṣēpa, Kālakṣepa, Kala-kshepa: 11 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Kālakṣēpa and Kālakṣepa can be transliterated into English as Kalaksepa or Kalakshepa, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarykālakṣēpa (कालक्षेप).—m (S) Throwing away time; spending it idly or in unprofitable employment. 2 Carrying on of the world; providing for the daily necessities.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishkālakṣēpa (कालक्षेप).—m Throwing away time. Carry- ing on of the world.
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 dictionaryKālakṣepa (कालक्षेप).—
1) delay, loss of time; कालक्षेप ककुभसुरभौ पर्वते पर्वते ते (kālakṣepa kakubhasurabhau parvate parvate te) (utpaśyāmi) Meghadūta 22; मरणे कालक्षेपं मा कुरु (maraṇe kālakṣepaṃ mā kuru) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1.
2) passing the time.
Derivable forms: kālakṣepaḥ (कालक्षेपः).
Kālakṣepa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāla and kṣepa (क्षेप).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKālakṣepa (कालक्षेप).—m.
(-paḥ) Spending or passing time. E. kāla and kṣepa throwing away; also kālakṣepan.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryKālakṣepa (कालक्षेप).—m. delay, [Pañcatantra] 43, 22. A-kālakṣepa + m, adv. directly, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] C. 91, 8. paṭākṣepa, i. e. paṭa-a-kṣepa, m. not drawing away the curtain(?). Apaṭī-kṣepa, m. tossing up the curtain; the instr. eṇa denotes (in theatrical language) abrupt entrance on the stage, [Mṛcchakaṭikā, (ed. Stenzler.)] 29, 17.
Kālakṣepa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāla and kṣepa (क्षेप).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryKālakṣepa (कालक्षेप).—[masculine] loss of time, delay; kṣepāya to win time.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKālakṣepa (कालक्षेप):—[=kāla-kṣepa] [from kāla] m. allowing time to pass away, delay, loss of time, [Meghadūta; Pañcatantra] etc.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKālakṣepa (कालक्षेप):—[kāla-kṣepa] (paḥ) 1. m. Spending time.
[Sanskrit to German]
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 corpusKālakṣēpa (ಕಾಲಕ್ಷೇಪ):—
1) [noun] the act or fact of making late, slowing up; a delaying.
2) [noun] a wasting or squandering of time.
3) [noun] a musical treatment of a long, mythological story; a musical discourse.
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: Kshepa, Kala.
Starts with: Kalakshepam.
Ends with: Ahanyahanikalakshepa, Kathakalakshepa, Satkalakshepa.
Full-text: Akalakshepam, Kshepa, Kakubha, Yapana, Kship.
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