cela

Dictionary Definitions

[mw] n. (cil) clothes, garment Gaut.; Mn.; MBh. &c (ifc. f (A). Hariv. 7946 Naish. xxii, 42) 402,1 74945 n. ifc. the mere outward appearance of, a bad representative of (e.g. 150114.1 bhāryā-cela n. a bad wife Pat. and Ka1s3.; also mf (I) n. e.g. 147432.1 brāhmaṇicelī f. a bad wife of a Brahman brahman, 147340.1 brāhmaṇa-cela m. a bad Brahman brahman Pa1n2. 6-3,... m. = ceṭa, a servant, slave MBh. ii, 70, 7 Sch. 402,1...

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n. (cil) clothes, garment Gaut.; Mn.; MBh. &c (ifc. f (A). Hariv. 7946 Naish. xxii, 42) 402,1 74945 n. ifc. the mere outward appearance of, a bad representative of (e.g. 150114.1...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

31

Texts Appeared In

14

DCS: to be sawed | Monier-Williams: pApa-celI and ˚likA .

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 8 25.8%
2. Baudhāyanadharmasūtra 5 16.1%
3. Carakasaṃhitā 4 12.9%
4. Aṣṭādhyāyī 2 6.5%
5. Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) 2 6.5%

Concordance (Sample)

• Mahābhārata surface: cela

  celāvedhāṃstataścakrur hāhākārāṃśca sarvaśaḥ

• Carakasaṃhitā surface: celāni

  tato yaṣṭīmadhukasarpirbhyāṃ paramaśiśiravāriṇi saṃsthitābhyāṃ picum āplāvyopast

• Carakasaṃhitā surface: cela

  dhautānāṃ nirmalā śuddhistailacelakacādibhiḥ