Kalavela, Kālavela, Kala-vela: 9 definitions
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Kalavela means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. 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.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names1. Kalavela - A monastery in Ceylon, the residence of Maha Moliyadeva Thera (q.v.). J.vi.30.
2. Kalavela - A servant of Dighagamani.. He refused to promise the brothers of Ummadacitta that he would kill her if she gave birth to a boy, and so he was killed by them and reborn as a yakkha (Mhv.ix.22f). Later he saved the life of this boy, Pandukabhaya, who was being carried in a basket (Mhv.x.4), and when Pandukabhaya came to the throne, he founded a settlement for Kaladeva to the east of Anuradhapura (Mhv.vs.84). It is said that on feast days the yakkha appeared in visible form in company with Pandukabhaya (Mhv.vs104).
Mahasena afterwards built a thupa on the site of Kalavelas shrine. Mhv.xxxvii.44.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarykāḷavēḷa (काळवेळ).—f (kāḷa Time, and vēḷa Time.) A loose term for adverse times or seasons. Ex. kā0 sāṅgūna yēta nāhīṃ. See kālakallā. 2 Times, seasons, occasions, fit periods. Ex. jē kāṃhīṃ karaṇēṃ tēṃ kā0 pāhūna karāvēṃ. 3 An evil or inauspicious time gen.
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kāḷavēḷā (काळवेळा).—f pl (See kāḷavēḷa above.) Times and seasons. See kāḷaprasaṅga.
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kāḷavēḷa (काळवेळ).—or -vēḷā or -vēlā f (kāḷa Death, vēḷa Time.) An inauspicious division of the day. See under vēḷa.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishkāḷavēḷa (काळवेळ).—f A loose term for adverse times.
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 dictionaryKālavelā (कालवेला).—the time of Saturn, i. e. a particular time of the day (half a watch every day) at which any religious act is improper.
Kālavelā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāla and velā (वेला).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryKālavelā (कालवेला).—f.
(-lā) A season at which any act is impropen, half a watch in every day. E. kāla and velā time.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryKālavelā (कालवेला):—[=kāla-velā] [from kāla] f. ‘the time of Saturn’, a particular time of the day at which any religious act is improper (half a watch in every day), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryKālavelā (कालवेला):—[kāla-velā] (lā) 1. f. Opportunity passed; improper time to act.
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Kalavelayoga.
Ends with: Akalavela.
Full-text: Kalavelayoga, Akalavela, Mrityuvela, Kulikavela, Velakala, Dighagamani, Pandukabhaya.
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