Khila, Khiḷa, Khīla: 25 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Khiḷa can be transliterated into English as Khila or Khilia, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Khil.
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In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Khila (खिल).—There is an appendix to Mahābhārata called Khila. This Khila is known as Harivaṃśa also. This portion too was written by Vyāsa.
Khila (खिल) refers to “everything”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.51 (“The resuscitation of Kāma”).—Accordingly, as the Gods said to Kāma: “O Kāma, you are blessed. Burnt by Śiva you have been blessed by Him. The lord of all (khila-īśvara) has resuscitated you by means of his sympathetic glance, the Sāttvika part. No man causes happiness or sorrow to another man. Man experiences the fruits of what he does. Who can ward off the destined protection, marriage or consummation at the proper time? [...]”.
Khila (खिल) or “supplement” refers to the Upapurāṇas, according to the Saurapurāṇa.—Accordingly, the Upapurāṇas can be considered as the supplements of the Mahāpurāṇas as those are mostly based on the Mahāpurāṇas. The Saurapurāṇa considers the Upapurāṇas as khilas i.e., supplements and states as—“upapurāṇānāṃ khilatvāllakṣaṇaṃ smṛtam”. In support of it R. C. Hazra states that the purāṇas are called Upapurāṇas as they are supposed to have been declared by the sages after hearing the Mahāpurāṇas from Vyāsa or some trustworthy authorities.
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.
Ayurveda (science of life)
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Khila (खिल) is a synonym for Ūṣara (“saline soil”, a barren wasteland), according to the second chapter (dharaṇyādi-varga) of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu (an Ayurvedic encyclopedia). The Dharaṇyādi-varga covers the lands, soil [viz., Khila], mountains, jungles and vegetation’s relations between trees and plants and substances, with their various kinds.
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
India history and geography
Khila.—(EI 15; Chamba), unclutivated land; fallow land; cf. sa-khila-nāla (IE 8-5). Note: khila is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
khila : (nt.) callosity; hardness. || khīla (m.), peg; a stake; a post.
Khiḷa, (cp. Sk. kiṇa) hard skin, callosity J. V, 204 (v. l. kiṇa). (Page 237)
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Khīla, (Sk. kīla & khīla) a stake, post, bolt, peg Vin. II, 116 (khīlaṃ nikhanitvā digging in or erecting a post); S. III, 150 (kh° vā thambha vā); IV, 200 (daḷha° a strong post, Ep. of satī); Mhvs 29, 49.—ayo° an iron stake A. I, 141; S. V, 444; Nd2 304III; Sn. 28 (nikhāta, erected); SnA 479. Cp. inda°.
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Khila, (m. nt.) (cp. Sk. khila) waste or fallow land A. III, 248; fig. barrenness of mind, mental obstruction. There are five ceto-khilā enumerated in detail at M. I, 101=A. IV, 460= D. III, 238 (see under ceto); mentioned A. V, 17; SnA 262. As three khilā, viz. rāga, dosa, moha at S. V, 57; also with other qualities at Nd2 9. In combination with paligha S. I, 27 (chetvā kh° ṃ); khilaṃ pabhindati to break up the fallowness (of one’s heart) S. I, 193; III, 134; Sn. 973. ‹-› akhila (adj.) not fallow, unobstructed, open-hearted: cittaṃ susamāhitaṃ ... akhilaṃ sabbabhūtesu DII. 261; S. IV, 118; in combination with anāsava Sn. 212; with akaṅkha Sn. 477, 1059; with vivattacchada Sn. 1147; cp. vigatakhila Sn. 19. (Page 237)
1) khila (ခိလ) [(pu,na) (ပု၊န)]—
[khila+a．ma,ṭī,2．51．]
[ခိလ+အ။ မ၊ဋီ၊၂။၅၁။]
2) khīla (ခီလ) [(ti) (တိ)]—
[khīla+a]
[ခီလ+အ]
[Pali to Burmese]
1) khila—
(Burmese text): (၁) ငြောင့်၊ တံသင်း။ (၂) နွားချည်တိုင်။ (၃) တံကျင်။ (တိ) (၄) ငြောင့်-တံသင်း-နှင့်တူသော (ခိုးသူ,အကုသိုလ်စိတ္တုပ္ပါဒ်,အသားမာ အဖု,အပိမ့်)။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Nyaung, Tanthain. (2) Cowhide post. (3) Tan Kyin. (4) Similar to Nyaung-Tanthain (thief, corrupt mental state, rotten flesh, rotten fruit).
2) khīla—
(Burmese text): (၁) သစ်ငုတ်၊ ပန္နက်၊ ငြောင့်၊ တံသင်း၊ တိုင်။ (၂) အမှိုက်။ (၃) (က) သစ်ငုတ်-ငြောင့်-တံသင်း-နှင့်တူသော။ (ခ) အမှိုက်နှင့်တူသော။
(Auto-Translation): (1) Wood anemone, pomegranate, shrub, bamboo, pole. (2) Rubbish. (3) (a) Similar to wood anemone, shrub, bamboo. (b) Similar to rubbish.
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
khiḷā (खिळा).—m (kīla S) A nail; a spike; an iron pin. 2 fig. The clot or grume that forms during milking on the teat. 3 A cairn or heap of stones loosely thrown up; any little conical erection. 4 A shoot just springing up from the ground. 5 The point of junction of the bounds of three or more villages. 6 A printing type.
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khīḷa (खीळ).—f (kīla S) A bolt, bar, pin, peg. 2 A round of a ladder. 3 The clot or grume that forms during milking on the teat. v basa, phōḍa. 4 Joint, articulation, lock; as kōparācī-ḍhōparācī- dāntācī-maṇagaṭācī-pāyācī-khīḷa.
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khīḷa (खीळ).—. Add:--5 The nail-form hard portion of a tumor whilst suppurating, the pin.
khiḷā (खिळा).—m A nail; a spike. A printing type. khiḷyāsāṭhīṃ nāla gēlā, nālāsāṭhī ghōḍā gēlā, ghōḍyāsāṭhī svāra gēlā, ēvaḍhā anartha khiḷyānēṃ kēlā Neglect for a small thing in the be- ginning results in considerable harm in the end. Cf. the converse: 'A stitch in time saves nine.'
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khīḷa (खीळ).—f A bolt, bar. Articulation, joint.
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
Khila (खिल).—[khil-ka]
1) A piece of waste or uncultivated land, desert or bare soil; a desert, waste; खिले गा विष्ठिता इव (khile gā viṣṭhitā iva) Av.7.115.4.
2) A gap, vacant place.
3) An additional hymn appended to the regular collection; Manusmṛti 3.232.
4) A supplement in general.
5) A compendium, compilation.
6) Vacuity.
7) Remainder; अलं दग्धैर्द्रुमैर्दीनैः खिलानां शिवमस्तु नः (alaṃ dagdhairdrumairdīnaiḥ khilānāṃ śivamastu naḥ) Bhāgavata 6.4.15.
-laḥ Name of Brahmā and of Viṣṇu. [खिल (khila) is often used in combination with भू (bhū) and कृ (kṛ); (1) खिलीभू (khilībhū) (a) to become impassable, to be blocked up, be left unfrequented; खिलीभूते विमानानां तदापातभयात्पथि (khilībhūte vimānānāṃ tadāpātabhayātpathi) Kumārasambhava 2.45. (b) to be impossible, be rendered impracticable or stopped; प्रजागरात्खिलीभूतस्तस्याः स्वप्नसमागमः (prajāgarātkhilībhūtastasyāḥ svapnasamāgamaḥ) Ś.6.22. (2) खिलीकृ (khilīkṛ) means (a) to obstruct, impede, make impassable, block up; तौ सुकेतसुतया खिली- कृते (tau suketasutayā khilī- kṛte) R.11.14,87. (b) to lay waste, devastate, put down or vanquish completely; विपक्षमखिलीकृत्य प्रतिष्ठा खलु दुर्लभा (vipakṣamakhilīkṛtya pratiṣṭhā khalu durlabhā) Śiśupālavadha 2.34.]
Derivable forms: khilaḥ (खिलः), khilam (खिलम्).
Khila (खिल).—nt. (rarely m.; = Pali id., hardness or harshness of mind, produced by the passions [rāga, dosa, moha], or the five hindrances [pañca nīvaraṇāni, = pañca ceto- khilā], Critical Pali Dictionary s.v. a-khila), harshness, hardness of heart, unkind or unfriendly attitude; in Tibetan regularly rendered tha ba, defined by Jäschke (Tibetan-English Dictionary) as bad, by [Tibetan-English Dictionary] as (1) rigid, hard, compact, firm, (2) bad, (3) anger. Usually in lists of vices of all sorts; context often does not suggest precise meaning, but note especially Bodhisattvabhūmi 8.2 na ca khilaṃ dhārayati, na cira- [Page205-b+ 71] kālikaṃ vairāśayāṃ vahati; Abhidharmakośa LaV-P. iv.20 cetaḥkhila-mrakṣa-vastu, la cause des endurcissements de la pensée et de l'hypocrisie (compare Pali cetokhila, above); Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā 48.9 citta-khilena, [bahuvrīhi], by a person having hardness of heart (citta = cetas); Śikṣāsamuccaya 14.3 (verse) vyāpāda-khila-cittaṃ, a mind (full) of malice and harshness; 16.17 na khila-doṣa- cittam utpādayati, does not produce a mind (thought) characterized by harshness and hatred (doṣa = dveṣa); Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 94.2 (verse) bhikṣūṣu vā teṣu khilāni kṛtvā, or having shown a harsh (unfriendly) attitude to these monks; Lalitavistara 56.20 (verse) na ca mama khila-doṣo (= dveṣa) naiva roṣo; 162.5 (verse) krodhāviṣṭā khila-mala-bahulā; Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā 15.14 (verse) na khila mala na cāpi roṣacittaṃ; Daśabhūmikasūtra 25.3 krodhopanāha- khila-mala- (see upanāha); in more miscellaneous lists of vices, Lalitavistara 35.2 vyāpāda-khila-doṣa-(= dveṣa)-māna-mada- darpa-prahāṇāya; 42.5 (verse) vyāpāda-doṣa-khila-moha- mada-; in Lalitavistara 138.19 Lefm. khilo (m.), with ms. A (other mss. and Calcutta (see LV.) khilā, less plausible); 279.8 (prose) Lefm. khilo (m.) but most mss. khilaṃ (nom. nt.) and in corre- sponding verse 280.5 all mss. khilaṃ; 325.15 khilaṃ (nom.); 357.6 khila-mada-doṣā; 365.17 trimala-khila-prahīṇa; Mahāvastu ii.295.9 khila- (Senart as separate word!) -doṣa-mohaṃ; Rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā 10.11 khilaṃ (nom.); Gaṇḍavyūha 54.7 (verse) māyā-śāṭhiya- khilaiḥ khilīkṛtāḥ, devastated or made powerless by trickery, deceit, and hardheartedness; Daśabhūmikasūtra.g. 42(68).13 khila-mala- vigatā.
Khila (खिल).—mfn.
(-laḥ-lā-laṃ) 1. Waste or unploughed land. 2. Empty, vacant. m.
(-laḥ) 1. A name of Brahma. 2. Vishnu. mn.
(-laḥ-laṃ) A compendium, a compilation, especially of hymns and prayers. E. kha vacuity, &c. la what gets or possesses, affix ḍa, and i substituted for the penultimate.
Khila (खिल).— (perhaps for 3. kṣi + la; cf. khaḍga), m. and n. 1. Waste or unploughed land (ved.). 2. A powerless subject, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 6, 4, 49. 3. Remainder, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 6, 4, 15. 4. A supplement, Mahābhārata 1, 357.
Khila (खिल).—[masculine] a waste piece of land, desert, vacant space; [neuter] supplement, addition.
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Khīla (खील).—[masculine] = kīla.
1) Khila (खिल):—m. (n., [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) a piece of waste or uncultivated land situated between cultivated fields, desert, bare soil, [Atharva-veda vii, 115, 4; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa viii; Śāṅkhāyana-brāhmaṇa; Kauśika-sūtra]
2) [according to] to some also ‘pasture-land’
3) n. ‘a space not filled up, gap’, that which serves to fill up a gap, supplement (of a book etc.), additional hymn appended to the regular collection, [Manu-smṛti iii, 232; Mahābhārata i; Vāyu-purāṇa; Śiva-purāṇa] etc.
4) a compendium, compilation ([especially] of hymns and prayers), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [plural] remainder, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa vi, 4, 15]
6) sg. (in [algebra]) an insolvable problem, [Golādhyāya]
7) obduracy, [Lalita-vistara xix, xxi]
8) = vedhas (Brahmā or Viṣṇu, [Horace H. Wilson]), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
9) mfn. defective, insufficient, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa i, vi.]
10) Khīla (खील):—m. (= kīla) a post, [Atharva-veda x, 8, 4; Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa iii, 7, 6, 19.]
Khila (खिल):—[(laḥ-lā-laṃ) a.] Waste or unploughed (land); empty. m. Brahmā; Vishnu. m. n. A compendium.
Khila (खिल):—m. n. [Siddhāntakaumudī.250,b,9.]
1) ein zwischen bebauten Feldern liegendes nicht urbares Stück, Oede, kahles Land: e.ā enā.vyākaraṃ khi.e gā viṣṭhitā iva [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 7, 115, 4.] yadvā urvarayorasaṃbhinnaṃ bhavati khila iti vai tadācakṣate [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 8, 3, 4, 1.] [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 141.] Nach [Amarakoṣa 2, 1, 5] : adj., nach [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 940] und [Medinīkoṣa l. 13] : n. —
2) ein unausgefülltes Stück, Lücke; was zur Ausfüllung einer Lücke in einem Buche dient, Supplement: dharmaśāstrāṇi caiva hi . ākhyānānītihāsāṃśca purāṇāni khilāni ([Kullūka]: = śrīsūktaśivasaṃkalpādīni) ca .. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 3, 232.] harivaṃśastataḥ parva purāṇaṃ khilasaṃjñitam [Mahābhārata 1, 357. fg.] khileṣu harivaṃśaśca [642.] kuntāpākhyaṃ sūktaṃ khile kuntāpanāmake granthe samāmnātam [Sāyaṇa] zu [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 6, 32.] [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 76] (khilatva, khilarūpa). [?85. 185. DVIVEDA zu The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 14, 8, 1, 1.] khilakāṇḍa ebend. [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 211. 212. 216.] khilagrantha [Colebrooke I, 326, Nalopākhyāna 2.] khila = sārasaṃkṣipta [Medinīkoṣa] a compendium, a compilation, especially of hymns and prayers [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] —
3) Rest: alaṃ dagdhairdrumairdīnaiḥ khilānāṃ śivamastu vaḥ [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 6, 4, 15.] —
4) Leere, Oede s. v. a. eine unfruchtbare, ohnmächtige, eitle Erscheinung: manye taddarśanaṃ khilam ([BURN.]: une science inutile) [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 5, 8.] sa yadā mene khilamivātmānamudyataḥ sargakarmaṇi ([BURN.]: quand il eut reconnu sa propre impuissance) [6, 4, 49.] tasyaiva khilamātmānaṃ manyamānasya khidyataḥ ([BURN.]: coupable) [1, 4, 32.] —
5) = vedhas [Medinīkoṣa] ein Beiname Brahman's und Viṣṇu’s [Wilson’s Wörterbuch] — Vgl. akhila, nikhila und die folgg. Artikel.
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Khīla (खील):—m. so v. a. kīla [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 10, 8, 4.]
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Khila (खिल):—
1) [Śāṅkhāyana’s Brāhmaṇa 30, 8.] —
2) [Weber’s Indische Studien.3,267. fgg.] [Oxforder Handschriften 56,a,14. 65,b,6.] —
6) n. ein unlösbares Problem [GOLĀDHY. 13, 15. -] [Kathāsaritsāgara 106, 85] ist zu schreiben divyānāmakhilāḥ kriyāḥ . — Vgl. upa .
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Khīla (खील):—Pfosten auch [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 3, 7, 6, 19.]
Khila (खिल):——
1) m. (*n.) ein zwischen bebauten Feldern liegendes nicht urbares Stück , Oede , kahles Land. —
2) n. Ergänzung , Supplement. —
3) Pl. Rest. —
4) *n. Blumenlese. —
5) n. ein unlösbares Problem. —
6) n. Verstocktheit [Lalitavistarapurāṇa 348,11.349,9.412,7.] —
7) *n. = vedhas. —
8) Adj. mangelhaft , unzulänglich [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1,4,32.5,8.6,4,49.]
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Khīla (खील):—m. = kīla Pfosten.
Khila (खिल) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Khila.
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.
Hindi dictionary
Khīla (खील) [Also spelled khil]:—(nm) parched paddy; —[khīla honā] to be shattered (to pieces); to split up.
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Prakrit-English dictionary
1) Khila (खिल) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Khila.
2) Khīla (खील) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Kīla.
2) Khīla has the following synonyms: Khīlaga, Khīlava.
Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.
Kannada-English dictionary
Khila (ಖಿಲ):—
1) [noun] a piece of (agricultural) land left uncultivated.
2) [noun] something added at the end of the main portion of a book; an annexure.
3) [noun] the condition of having nothing.
4) [noun] (used as sing.) remaining things, persons, etc.; a remainder.
5) [noun] space or distance between two things; interval; gap.
6) [noun] the state of being worn out, damaged considerably or dilapidated.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
Nepali dictionary
1) Khila (खिल):—n. 1. (of a hornet, etc.) sting; 2. a ball of flesh formed in a boil; 3. a large pin;
2) Khīla (खील):—n. 1. (of a hornet, etc.) sting; 2. a ball of flesh formed in a boil; 3. a large pin; 4. → सिन्का [sinkā]
Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.
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Starts with (+15): Khila Sutta, Khila-kshetra, Khilabandhanasampatti, Khiladhikara, Khiladi, Khilaf, Khilaga, Khilagrantha, Khilai, Khilajata, Khilaka, Khilakamta, Khilakanda, Khilakhil, Khilakhila, Khilakhilahata, Khilakhilana, Khilakhilane, Khilakhilaunu, Khilakhili.
Full-text (+186): Akhila, Nikhila, Khilana, Ayokhila, Indakhila, Bhittikhila, Khilaka, Sakhila, Upakhila, Khila-kshetra, Khilita, Nagadantakhila, Mohakhila, Khilasankamana, Corakhilam, Mahakhila, Khilayati, Khilanuda, Khilatthana, Darusarakhila.
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