Khurali, Khuralī: 8 definitions

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In Hinduism

Kavya (poetry)

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Source: archive.org: Naisadhacarita of Sriharsa

Khuralī (खुरली) refers to “practice of arms”, and is mentioned in the Naiṣadha-carita 21.5 (cf. 12.100). On 21.5, Cāṇḍūpaṇḍita takes khuralī in the sense of a “gymnasium”. The word is used in the sense of a “gymnasium” in a verse of Pratāparaudrayaśobhūṣaṇa (page 83). (Cf. Ratnāpaṇa commentary and Ratnaśāṇa commentary)

Khuralī is used in the sense of “practice of arms” in Anargharāghava 4.24. Rucipati quotes Hārāvali (Cf. Mahāvīracarita; Bālarāmāyaṇa act 4; Amaracandra’s Bālabhārata Ādiparva 11.52). The form khurulī occurs in Yaśastilaka 3.468. Abhinanda in his Rāmacarita 17.50 uses the expression khuralīkhala in the sense of a “gymnasium”. Cf. Vastupāla’s Naranārāyaṇānanda 10.47.

Khuralī is used in the sense of a “target” in Bihlaṇa’s Karṇasundarī 2.6.

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Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Khuralī (खुरली).—Military exercise or practice (as of arms, archery &c.); अस्त्रप्रयोगखुरलीकलहे गणानाम् (astraprayogakhuralīkalahe gaṇānām) Mv.2.34; दूरो- त्पतनखुरलीकेलिजनिताम् (dūro- tpatanakhuralīkelijanitām) 5.5.

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

Khuralī (खुरली).—f. (-lī) Military exercise, practising archery, &c. E. khur to cut, alac aff.

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

1) Khuralī (खुरली):—f. military exercise, practising archery etc., [Bālarāmāyaṇa iv, 16/17]

2) place for military exercise, [Vikramāṅkadeva-carita, by Bilhaṇa vi, 46] (cf. khalūrikā.)

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

Khuralī (खुरली):—(lī) 3. f. Military exercise, the practice of archery.

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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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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Khuraḷi (ಖುರಳಿ):—[noun] the practice of using weapons (in the course of learning).

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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