Vaktratala, Vaktratāla, Vaktra-tala: 6 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryVaktratāla (वक्त्रताल).—a musical instrument played with the mouth.
Derivable forms: vaktratālam (वक्त्रतालम्).
Vaktratāla is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms vaktra and tāla (ताल).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaktratāla (वक्त्रताल).—mn.
(-laḥ-laṃ) A musical instrument, played on with the mouth. E. vaktra the mouth, tāla tune; it may also signify, making a noise with the mouth, by striking it with the hand at the moment of uttering sound.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaktratāla (वक्त्रताल):—[=vaktra-tāla] [from vaktra > vac] n. a wind-instrument (said also to mean ‘making a noise by striking the m° with the hand at the moment of uttering sound’), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. vakrato).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryVaktratāla (वक्त्रताल):—[vaktra-tāla] (laḥ-laṃ) 1. m. n. A musical wind instrument.
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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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Partial matches: Vaktra, Tala.
Full-text: Vakranala.
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