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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vārdala (वार्दल).—(Medinī spells with ba) A rainy day;

-laḥ An inkpot.

Derivable forms: vārdalam (वार्दलम्).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Vardala (वर्दल).—nt. (see next; AMg. vaddalaa, °laga, nt., Sanskrit Lex. vār°, possibly with ā by pop. [etymology], association with vār, vāri?), rainy weather: saptāhikaṃ akāla-vardalaṃ (Senart em. vār°) utpannaṃ Mahāvastu iii.301.1.

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Vārdala (वार्दल).—[, see vardala, °likā.]

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

Vārdala (वार्दल).—[vār-da + la] (vb. dā, cf. vārida), n. A rainy day.

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

1) Vārdala (वार्दल):—[=vār-dala] [from vār] a etc. See sub voce

2) b mn. (only [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]; cf. [preceding]; [probably] in the first meaning [from] vār + dala [according to] to some [from] vārda + la) a rainy day, bad weather

3) an inkstand

4) m. ink.

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

Vārdala (वार्दल) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Vaddala.

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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: Dala, Var, Tala.

Full-text: Vardali, Vardalika, Vardalivat, Vaddala, Vaddalika.

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