Kalyavarta, Kalya-varta: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kalyavarta (कल्यवर्त).—morning meal, breakfast. भोः सुखं न आमयपरिभूतमकल्यवर्तं च (bhoḥ sukhaṃ na āmayaparibhūtamakalyavartaṃ ca) Ś.3.

-tam (hence) anything light, trivial, or unimportant; a trifle; ननु कल्यवर्तमेतत् (nanu kalyavartametat) Mṛcchakaṭika 2 but a trifle; स्त्रीकल्यवर्तस्य कारणेन (strīkalyavartasya kāraṇena) 4; स इदानीमर्थ- कल्यवर्तस्य कारणादिदमकार्यं करोति (sa idānīmartha- kalyavartasya kāraṇādidamakāryaṃ karoti) 9.

Derivable forms: kalyavartaḥ (कल्यवर्तः).

Kalyavarta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kalya and varta (वर्त).

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

Kalyavarta (कल्यवर्त).—m. 1. kalya -vṛt + a, Breakfast. 2. A trifle, [Mṛcchakaṭikā, (ed. Stenzler.)] 34, 10.

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

Kalyavarta (कल्यवर्त).—(*[masculine]) morning meal, breakfast; [neuter] a trifle, a little.

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

1) Kalyavarta (कल्यवर्त):—[=kalya-varta] [from kalya] m. a morning meal, any light meal, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] n. anything light, a trifle, trivial matter, [Mṛcchakaṭikā]

3) [v.s. ...] (Prākṛt kalla-vatta.)

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