Skhal: 7 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySkhal (स्खल्).—1 P. (skhalati, skhalita)
1) To stumble, tumble, fall down, slip, trip; स्खलति चरणं भूमौ न्यस्तं न चार्द्रतमा मही (skhalati caraṇaṃ bhūmau nyastaṃ na cārdratamā mahī) Mṛcchakaṭika 9.13; Kumārasambhava 5.24.
2) To totter, waver, shake, fluctuate.
3) To be disobeyed or violated (as an order); देवस्य शासनं पौरेषु कथं स्खलिष्यति (devasya śāsanaṃ paureṣu kathaṃ skhaliṣyati) Mu.3;3.24; R.18.43.
4) To fall or deviate from the right course; मन्मथेन परि- लुप्तमतीनां प्रायशः स्खलितमप्युपकारि (manmathena pari- luptamatīnāṃ prāyaśaḥ skhalitamapyupakāri) Kirātārjunīya 9.37.
5) To be affected or excited; मात्सर्यरागोपहतात्मनां हि स्खलन्ति साधुष्वपि मानसानि (mātsaryarāgopahatātmanāṃ hi skhalanti sādhuṣvapi mānasāni) Kirātārjunīya 3.53;13.6.
6) To err, blunder, commit mistakes; स्खलतो हि करालम्बः सुहृत्सचिवचेष्टितम् (skhalato hi karālambaḥ suhṛtsacivaceṣṭitam) H.3.127 (where it has sense 1 also).
7) To stammer, lisp, falter; वदनकमलकं शिशोः स्मरामि स्खलदसमञ्जसमञ्जुजल्पितं ते (vadanakamalakaṃ śiśoḥ smarāmi skhaladasamañjasamañjujalpitaṃ te) Uttararāmacarita 4.4; R.9.76; Kumārasambhava 5.56.
8) To fail, have no effect; राघवः स्खलितवीर्यमात्मनि (rāghavaḥ skhalitavīryamātmani) R.11.83.
9) To drop, drip, trickle; विपङ्क- तीरस्खलितोर्मिसंहतिः (vipaṅka- tīraskhalitormisaṃhatiḥ) Kirātārjunīya 8.27.
1) To go, move.
11) To disappear.
12) To collect, gather. -Caus. (skhalayati-te)
1) To cause to stumble or trip.
2) To cause to err or blunder, cause to falter or stammer; वचनानि स्खलयन् पदे पदे (vacanāni skhalayan pade pade) Kumārasambhava 4.12; स्खलयति वचनं ते संश्रयत्यङ्गमङ्गम् (skhalayati vacanaṃ te saṃśrayatyaṅgamaṅgam) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 3.8.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySkhal (स्खल्).—r. 1st cl. (skhalati) 1. To move, to go. 2. To slip, to stumble or fall. 3. To gather, to collect. 4. To totter, to waver. 5. To fall or deviate from the right course. 6. To err, to blunder. 7. To stammer, to falter, to lisp. 8. To drip, to trickle. 9. To disappear. With pra, To jolt, to jostle.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySkhal (स्खल्).—i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] 1. To stumble, to tumble, [Hitopadeśa] iii. [distich] 132. 2. To fall, [Mālatīmādhava, (ed. Calc.)] 73, 2. 3. To stutter, [Mālatīmādhava, (ed. Calc.)] 162, 10; to hesitate, [Hitopadeśa] ii. [distich] 63. 4. To err, to fail, [Rāmāyaṇa] 1, 13, 10 5. To disappear, Śriṅgārat. 7. skhalita, 1. Shaken, [Mālatīmādhava, (ed. Calc.)] 148, 15. 2. Shaking, wavering. 3. Staggering, [Śiśupālavadha] 9, 78; interrupted, faltering, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 70, 6; stammering, ib. 95, 12. 4. Fluctuating, [Pañcatantra] 188, 10. 5. Drunk. 6. Hesitating. 7. Slipped, fallen. 8. Stopped, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 131; obstructed, Vikr [distich] 49. 9. Confounded, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] [distich] 132; [Śiśupālavadha] 9, 83. n. 1. Tumbling, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 316; ii. [distich] 188; falling. 2. Deviating from virtue, fault, [Vikramorvaśī, (ed. Bollensen.)] [distich] 89; sin, [distich] 115. 3. Stratagem. Comp. A-, adj. not stumbled, [Pañcatantra] ii. [distich] 188.
— With the prep. pra pra, 1. To stagger, [Arjunasamāgama] 8, 14. 2. To tumble, [Pañcatantra] 36, 16.
— cf. chala; [Latin] scelus, culpa; [Gothic.] skula, skulan; A. S. sceal, sculan, scyld; cf. also sphar, sphur, sphal, sphul, which may be originally identical.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionarySkhal (स्खल्).—skhalati skhalate [participle] skhalita (q.v.) stumble, totter, waver, stammer, folter, eor, fail. [Causative] skhalayati cause to falter (voice). pari, pra & vi = [Simple]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionarySkhal (स्खल्):—[class] 1. [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xv, 37]) skhalati (rarely te; [perfect tense] caskhāla, caskhaluḥ, [Mahābhārata] etc.; [future] skhalitā, liṣyati [grammar]; [Aorist] askhālīt, [ib.]; [infinitive mood] skhalitum, [ib.]),
—to stumble, trip, totter, waver, fluctuate (with na, ‘not to waver, remain steadfast, prevail’), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.;
—to drop or slip down, trickle down, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary];
—to stammer, falter (as speech), [Yājñavalkya; Kālidāsa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa];
—to make mistakes, blunder, err, fail, [Kāvya literature; Caraka; Rājataraṅgiṇī];
—to gather, collect, [Dhātupāṭha];
—to move, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary];
—to disappear, [ib.] :
—[Causal] skhālayati (or skhālayati, [Dhātupāṭha xix, 59]), to cause to falter, [Kumāra-sambhava];
—to stop, arrest, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionarySkhal (स्खल्):—skhalati 1. a. To limp; stumble; pick up.
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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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Starts with (+5): Skhala, Skhalad, Skhaladgati, Skhaladgi, Skhaladvak, Skhaladvakya, Skhaladvalaya, Skhalan, Skhalana, Skhalanmati, Skhalanti, Skhalat, Skhalattala, Skhalita, Skhalitagati, Skhalitamtaramga, Skhalitasubhagam, Skhalitavacana, Skhalitavat, Skhalitavibhrama.
Full-text (+18): Praskhal, Skhalana, Pariskhal, Skhalat, Khal, Praskhalana, Skhalita, Viskhal, Skhalan, Chala, Skhalad, Skhala, Praskhalat, Samskhalita, Chalaka, Khall, Pariskhalita, Skhalitavat, Pratiskhalita, Praskhaladgati.
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Yavanajataka by Sphujidhvaja [Sanskrit/English] (by Michael D Neely)
Verse 3.19 < [Chapter 3 - One’s Own Form of the Drekkāṇas]
Brihat Jataka by Varahamihira [Sanskrit/English] (by Michael D Neely)
Verse 18.17 < [Chapter 18 - Disposition of the Zodiac Signs]
Nighantu (critical study) (by Gopalakrishna N. Bhat)
Part 13 - Samgramanamani (Samgrama Nama) < [Chapter 4 - Second Adhyaya (chapter) of the Nighantu (study)]
Mahavastu (great story) (by J. J. Jones)