Krikala, Kṛkala, Kṛkalā: 5 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Kṛkala and Kṛkalā can be transliterated into English as Krkala or Krikala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryKṛkala (कृकल).—
1) A kind of partridge; Rām.7.
2) One of the five vital airs (that which assists in digestion).
Derivable forms: kṛkalaḥ (कृकलः).
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Kṛkalā (कृकला).—Long pepper.
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Kṛkala (कृकल).—A lizard, chameleon; प्राणं न विच्छिन्द्यादपि कृकलासस्य (prāṇaṃ na vicchindyādapi kṛkalāsasya) Bṛ. Up.1.5.14; पत्रोर्णं चोरयित्वा तु कृकलत्वं निगच्छति (patrorṇaṃ corayitvā tu kṛkalatvaṃ nigacchati) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 13.111.14; कृकलासं गिरिनिभं वीक्ष्य विस्मितमानसाः (kṛkalāsaṃ girinibhaṃ vīkṣya vismitamānasāḥ) Bhāgavata 1.64.3.
Derivable forms: kṛkalaḥ (कृकलः).
See also (synonyms): kṛkalāsa, kṛkalāśa.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Kṛkala (कृकल):—[from kṛkara] m. (= kara) a kind of partridge, [Rāmāyaṇa vii, 53, 19]
2) [v.s. ...] one of the five vital airs
3) Kṛkalā (कृकला):—[from kṛkala > kṛkara] f. (= kṛkarā) long pepper, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusKṛkala (ಕೃಕಲ):—[noun] = ಕೃಕರ [krikara].
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Krikalabha, Krikalasa, Krikalasadipika, Krikalasaka, Krikalasamukha, Krikalasashanti, Krikalasatirtha, Krikalasatva.
Full-text: Pancopaprana, Upaprana, Krikalasa, Krikara, Apana.
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The Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 60 - Sukalā’s Story Ends < [Section 2 - Bhūmi-khaṇḍa (section on the earth)]
Chapter 41 - The Story of Sukalā < [Section 2 - Bhūmi-khaṇḍa (section on the earth)]
Chapter 59 - Religious Observances Without One’s Wife Are Fruitless < [Section 2 - Bhūmi-khaṇḍa (section on the earth)]
Puranic encyclopaedia (by Vettam Mani)
Shiva Gita (study and summary) (by K. V. Anantharaman)
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 87 - Greatness of Bhūteśvara < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]
Viṣṇu-sahasranāma (Garland of a Thousand Epithets of Viṣṇu) < [Section 1 - Avantīkṣetra-māhātmya]
The Garuda Purana (abridged) (by Ernest Wood)
The Linga Purana (by J. L. Shastri)
Chapter 8 - Yogic zones (aṣṭāṅgayoga-nirūpaṇa) < [Section 1 - Uttarabhāga]
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