Tatkala, Tatkāḷa, Tatkāla, Tad-kala, Tatkalam: 14 definitions

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Tatkala means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Tatkāḷa can be transliterated into English as Tatkala or Tatkalia, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Tatkāla (तत्काल).—Requiring the same time for utterance as for example one matra for short vowels, two for long ones and three for protracted ones, although those vowels are nasalised or pure, or acute, grave or circumflex. See the word तपर (tapara).

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Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

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Ayurveda (science of life)

Agriculture (Krishi) and Vrikshayurveda (study of Plant life)

Source: Shodhganga: Drumavichitrikarnam—Plant mutagenesis in ancient India

Tatkāla (तत्काल) or Tatkālaphalatā refers to the “quick (production) (of fruits)” which represents one of the bio-organic agricultural methods described in the Vṛkṣāyurveda by Sūrapāla (1000 CE): an encyclopedic work dealing with the study of trees and the principles of ancient Indian agriculture.—Accordingly, “Several special processes with reference to the plants will be described hereunder. They are: [e.g., quick production of fruits (tatkāla-phalatā);] and so on. [...]”.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

tatkāḷa (तत्काळ).—ad (tatkāla S) At that time. For explanation of tat or tad see tad.

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tātkāla (तात्काल).—ad (Corr. from tatkāla) At that instant.

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

tatkāḷa (तत्काळ).—ad At that time.

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tātkāla (तात्काल).—ad At that instant.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Tatkāla (तत्काल).—

1) the current moment, present time.

2) that time. °धी (dhī) a. having presence of mind.

Tatkāla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms tad and kāla (काल).

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

Tatkāla (तत्काल).—m.

(-laḥ) Present time, time being, or the time when an act occurs. E. tat that, kāla time.

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

Tatkāla (तत्काल).—1. [masculine] that time, the time (now or then) being; (°—*) or [accusative] = at or during that time, just, directly, immediately.

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Tatkāla (तत्काल).—2. [adjective] happening at the same time or immediately.

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

1) Tatkāla (तत्काल):—[=tat-kāla] [from tat] mfn. happening (at that same time id est.) immediately, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra i, xxv]

2) [v.s. ...] of that duration, [Brahma-purāṇa]

3) [v.s. ...] m. that time (opposed to etat-k, ‘this time’), [Vedāntasāra]

4) [v.s. ...] the time referred to, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra i; Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhajjātaka; Laghujātaka, by Varāha-mihira]

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

Tatkāla (तत्काल):—(laḥ) 1. m. Present time.

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

Tatkāla (तत्काल) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Takkāla.

[Sanskrit to German]

Tatkala 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.

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Hindi dictionary

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Tatkāla (तत्काल):—(adv) forthwith, immediately, there and then; ~[lika] immediate, of the/that time, contemporaneous; ~[līna] belonging to that time, contemporaneous, contemporary.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Tatkāla (ತತ್ಕಾಲ):—[noun] that time; a time, period or season referred to earlier.

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Tatkālaṃ (ತತ್ಕಾಲಂ):—[adverb] = ತತ್ಕ್ಷಣ [tatkshana]2.

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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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