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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

skhalana (स्खलन).—n (S) Stumbling or tripping. 2 Dropping, dripping, falling generally. 3 (For rētaskhalana) Emissio seminis. 4 fig. Tripping in speech; blundering (whether in the sense or in the pronunciation). 5 Falling (morally); deviating from rectitude; sinning.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

skhalana (स्खलन).—n Stumbling; dropping; tripping in speech.

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skhalana (स्खलन).—n Stumbling; falling (morally).

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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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Skhalana (स्खलन).—[skhal-bhāve lyuṭ]

1) Stumbling, slipping, tripping, falling down.

2) Tottering.

3) Deviating from the right course.

4) Blundering, error, mistake.

5) Failure, disappointment, unsuccessfulness.

6) Stammering, blundering in speech or pronunciation, faltering.

7) Trickling, dripping.

8) Dashing against, clashing, collision; स्खलनमुखरभूरिस्रोतसो निर्झरिण्यः (skhalanamukharabhūrisrotaso nirjhariṇyaḥ) Uttararāmacarita 2. 2; Mv.5.4.

9) Mutual striking or rubbing together.

1) Discharge, emission (of semen); Kull. on Manusmṛti 5.63.

Derivable forms: skhalanam (स्खलनम्).

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

Skhalana (स्खलन).—n.

(-naṃ) 1. Stumbling, slipping, tripping. 2. Stumbling or falling from virtue. 3. Tripping in speech, making a mistake or blunder in speech or pronunciation. 4. Knocking or falling together, shock, collision. 5. Striking or rubbing one thing against another. 6. Dropping, dripping. E. skhal to go, to drop, aff. lyuṭ.

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

Skhalana (स्खलन).—[skhal + ana], n. 1. Stumbling. 2. Falling, [Caurapañcāśikā] 13; [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 44, 13 (flowing through). 3. Falling from virtue. 4. Tripping in speech. 5. Falling together. 6. Rubbing, [Śiśupālavadha] 9, 52.

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

Skhalana (स्खलन).—[neuter] the same; blunder, fault, error, loss.

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

1) Skhalana (स्खलन):—[from skhal] n. stumbling, tottering, tripping unsteady gait, [Suśruta; Kāmandakīya-nītisāra; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] faltering, stammering (in vāk-skh) [gana] khaṇḍv-ādi

3) [v.s. ...] displacement (of a garment), [Caurapañcāśikā]

4) [v.s. ...] rubbing, friction, touch, contact, collision, [Śiśupāla-vadha]

5) [v.s. ...] discharge, emission (of semen), [Manvarthamuktāvalī, kullūka bhaṭṭa’s Commentary on manu-smṛti on Manu-smṛti v, 63]

6) [v.s. ...] falling into ([compound]), [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

7) [v.s. ...] being deprived of ([ablative]), [Mahābhārata]

8) [v.s. ...] mistake, blundering in ([compound]), [Amaru-śataka]

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

Skhalana (स्खलन):—(naṃ) 1. n. Stumbling, slipping; clashing; rubbing together.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Skhalanā (स्खलना) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Khalaṇā.

[Sanskrit to German]

Skhalana in German

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Skhalana (स्खलन) [Also spelled skhalan]:—(nm) a lapse, slip; discharge; ~[lana, vīrya]discharge of the semen; ~[lita] lapsed, slipped; discharged; •[vīrya] whose heroism has been frustrated, who has lost his heroic qualities.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Skhalana (ಸ್ಖಲನ):—

1) [noun] an act of stumbling; an instance of tripping or one’s step in walking, running etc.

2) [noun] a falling down or an instance of this.

3) [noun] an instance of being defeated.

4) [noun] a stopping or being stopped; a stoppage.

5) [noun] a mistake; an error; a blunder.

6) [noun] a missing of one’s way, course of action or thoughts, etc.

7) [noun] a walking on the both the palms and knees (as the babies do in pre-walking stage).

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Skhaḷana (ಸ್ಖಳನ):—[noun] = ಸ್ಖಲನ [skhalana].

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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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Ends with: Askhalana, Bhuskhalana, Brahmacaryaskhalana, Brahmacaryyaskhalana, Brahmacharyaskhalana, Brahmacharyyaskhalana, Dhairyaskhalana, Dhatuskhalana, Dimbaskhalana, Garbhaskhalana, Manaskhalana, Pariskhalana, Praskhalana, Pratiskhalana, Retahskhalana, Svadharmaskhalana, Svadharmmaskhalana, Viryaskhalana.

Full-text: Brahmacaryaskhalana, Retahskhalana, Svadharmmaskhalana, Intiriyaskalanam, Svadharmaskhalana, Praskhalana, Khalana, Rinkhana, Skhalan, Gobhid, Khalanem, Brahmacarya.

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Bhakti-rasamrta-sindhu (by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī)

Verse 2.4.35 < [Part 4 - Transient Ecstatic Disturbances (vyābhicāri-bhāva)]

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The backdrop of the Srikanthacarita and the Mankhakosa (by Dhrubajit Sarma)

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Part 5g - Alaṃkāra (7): Upamā or simile < [Chapter III - Literary Assessment Of The Śrīkaṇṭhacarita]

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