In Hinduism

Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

Kalālāpa (कलालाप) refers to “communicating a small part”, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] Learned scholars who possess intellect do talk about the highest Brahma, [but] those who are skilled in communicating [even] a small part (kalālāpa) of self-realization are hard to find in this world. Knowers of the Upaniṣads, which are the culmination of the Vedas, talk [openly] about the no-mind state and others teach it in secret. These [people] do not experience it themselves. [...]”.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kalālāpa (कलालाप).—

1) a sweet humming sound.

2) sweet and agreeable discourse; स्फुरत्- कलालापविलासकोमला करोति रागं हृदि कौतुकधिकम् (sphurat- kalālāpavilāsakomalā karoti rāgaṃ hṛdi kautukadhikam) K.2.

3) a bee.

Derivable forms: kalālāpaḥ (कलालापः).

Kalālāpa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kala and ālāpa (आलाप).

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

Kalālāpa (कलालाप).—m.

(-paḥ) A bee, &c. E. kala buzz, and ālāpa speech.

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

1) Kalālāpa (कलालाप):—[from kala] m. a sweet sound, pleasing voice, [Kathāsaritsāgara]

2) [v.s. ...] ‘having a low voice’, a bee, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Kalālāpa (कलालाप):—[kalā+lāpa] (paḥ) 1. m. A bee.

[Sanskrit to German]

Kalalapa 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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Partial matches: Alapa, Kala.

Full-text: Vatakeli, Kala.

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