Kalapurna, Kalāpūrṇa, Kala-purna: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kalāpūrṇa (कलापूर्ण).—the moon; अहो महत्त्वं महतामपूर्वं विपत्तिकालेऽपि परो- पकारः । यथास्यमध्ये पतितोऽपि राहोः कलानिधिः पुण्यचयं ददाति (aho mahattvaṃ mahatāmapūrvaṃ vipattikāle'pi paro- pakāraḥ | yathāsyamadhye patito'pi rāhoḥ kalānidhiḥ puṇyacayaṃ dadāti) || Udb.

Derivable forms: kalāpūrṇaḥ (कलापूर्णः).

Kalāpūrṇa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kalā and pūrṇa (पूर्ण). See also (synonyms): kalādhara, kalānidhi.

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

Kalāpūrṇa (कलापूर्ण).—m.

(-rṇaḥ) The moon. E. kalā a digit, and pūrṇa filled, complete.

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

1) Kalāpūrṇa (कलापूर्ण):—[=kalā-pūrṇa] [from kalā] mfn. filled up or counterbalanced by the sixteenth part of ([genitive case]), (na kalā-pūrṇo mama, he is not equal to the sixteenth part of myself id est. he is far under me), [Mahābhārata iv, 1299]

2) [v.s. ...] m. ‘full of digits’, the moon, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Kalāpūrṇa (कलापूर्ण):—[kalā-pūrṇa] (rṇaḥ) 1. m. The moon.

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