Kalayana, Kalāyana, Kala-ayana, Kālāyana: 6 definitions

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Kalayana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kalāyana (कलायन).—a tumbler, a dancer (as on the sharp edge of a sword).

Derivable forms: kalāyanaḥ (कलायनः).

Kalāyana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kalā and ayana (अयन).

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Kālāyana (कालायन).—See कालचक्र (kālacakra) Bhāgavata 5.22.11.

Derivable forms: kālāyanam (कालायनम्).

Kālāyana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kāla and ayana (अयन).

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

Kalāyana (कलायन).—m.

(-naḥ) A tumbler, a dancer, but especially one who dances or walks on a sharp edge, as the edge of a sword. &c. E. kalā a part, and ayana going.

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

1) Kalāyana (कलायन):—[from kalā] (kalāyana) m. a tumbler, dancer ([especially] one who dances or walks on the edge of a sword etc.), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Kālāyana (कालायन):—mfn. [from] kalā [gana] pakṣādi

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

Kalāyana (कलायन):—[kalā+yana] (naḥ) 1. m. A dancer on the edge of a sword.

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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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