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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Kandukalīlā (कन्दुकलीला).—A game with balls indulged in by girls. Mohinī played it.^*

• * Bhāgavata-purāṇa VIII. 12. 18 & 23; Matsya-purāṇa 160. 4.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Kandukalīlā (कन्दुकलीला).—any game with a ball.

Kandukalīlā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms kanduka and līlā (लीला).

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

Kandukalīlā (कन्दुकलीला):—[=kanduka-līlā] [from kanduka > kandu] f. a game at ball, [Kumāra-sambhava]

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

Kandukalīlā (कन्दुकलीला):—[kanduka-līlā] (lā) 1. f. Game at ball, fives.

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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: Kanduka, Lila.

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