Patrakahala, Patrakāhalā, Patra-kahala: 3 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Patrakāhalā (पत्रकाहला).—the noise or sound made by the flapping of wings or rustling of leaves.

Patrakāhalā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms patra and kāhalā (काहला).

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

Patrakāhalā (पत्रकाहला).—f.

(-lā) The noise made either by the flapping of wings, or by the rustling of leaves. E. patra a leaf, a wing, &c. and kāhala noise.

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

Patrakāhalā (पत्रकाहला):—[patra-kāhalā] (lā) 1. f. Noise by flapping wings or rustling leaves.

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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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