āla

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] a. [ā-al-paryāptau ac] Large, extensive. --laḥ, --laṃ 1 Spawn, any discharge of venomous matter from poisonous animals; ºakta anointed with poison as an arrow. --2 Trick, fraud; yeṣāṃ śrutamā- lajālāya K. 288; ºjālāni ciṃtayaṃtī 310. --3 Yellow arsenic, orpiment.

[mw] n. spawn 153,1 26664 n. any discharge of poisonous matter from venomous animals Sus3r.; Kaus3. 153,1 26665 n. yellow arsenic, orpiment Sus3r. 153,1 26666 a disease affecting wheat, Kaus3. (Sch.) 1320,1 26666.1

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a. [ā-al-paryāptau ac] Large, extensive. --laḥ, --laṃ 1 Spawn, any discharge of venomous matter from poisonous animals; ºakta anointed with poison as an arrow. --2 Trick, fraud;...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

58

Texts Appeared In

14

DCS: groins | Monier-Williams: Ala mfn. not little or insignificant, excellent, L.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 16 27.6%
2. Mugdhāvabodhinī 12 20.7%
3. Suśrutasaṃhitā 11 19.0%
4. Carakasaṃhitā 5 8.6%
5. Rasahṛdayatantra 4 6.9%

Concordance (Sample)

• Rājanighaṇṭu surface: ālaṃ

  citrāṅgaṃ piñjarakaṃ bhaved ālaṃ tālakaṃ ca tālaṃ ca

• Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā surface: ālaiḥ

  srotojaśaṅkhaphenālair lekhanaṃ mastukalkitaiḥ

• Suśrutasaṃhitā surface: ālam

  kadalīdīrghavṛntābhyāṃ bhasmālaṃ lavaṇaṃ śamībījaṃ śītodapiṣṭaṃ vā romaśātanamāc