| kanda . varga . sloka . sequence : 3.3.15.2 | |||||
| Sanskrit | meghajāle ca kālikā / | ||||
| Homonym | Sanskrit | Skt. meaning | Nepali | English | |
| 1 | kālikā | meghajāla | meghako ghaņā | cloudiness | |
| 2 | kālikā | (kālã) | kālãdevã | name of a terrific goddess | |
| comment / problem | |||||
| 1 | HC : from H.T. Colebrook note: "A multitude or succession of clouds. Also: 2 a dark cloud threatening rain, 3. a fog or mist, 4. blackness, 5. black, 6. the goddess Gaurã, 8. a female crow, 9. a black scorpion, 10. spikenard, 11. a sort of potherb, 12. a branch of a cucumber plant, 13. a line of hair reaching to the navel, 14. price of a commodity on credit, 15. interest at a monthly rate, 16. spirituous liquor, 17. a stair or defect in gold, etc." (p.302) (from compilation) | ||||
| Add comment to Amarakosa reference entry 3.3.15.2 |
| manuscript (tradition / date) |
phrase | Newari | English | hom no |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1_2641 (A1 / 501 NS) |
1 | caõķikāsa | Caõķikā - an epithet of Durgā | |
| 2 | megha | cloud | ||
| A2_3103 (A2 / 506 NS) |
1 | jalada | cloud | |
| 2 | såloüķa | tuft of cloud | ||
| A2b_3220 (A2 / n.d. NS) |
1 | såloõķa | a tuft of cloud | |
| 2 | jalada | cloud | ||
| A3_2519 (A1 / 550 NS) |
1 | kālã | Kālã - an epithet of Durgā | |
| 2 | megha | cloud | ||
| A3a_2259 (A1 / 637 NS) |
1 | megha | cloud | |
| 2 | candisa | Caõķã - an epithet of Durgā | ||
| A5_3102 (A2 / 662 NS) |
1 | suloüķa | tuft of cloud | |
| 2 | jalada | cloud | ||
| A6_3200 (no trad. / 718 NS) |
1 | så vįnda | multitude of cloud | |
| 2 | devãtvaü | Devã - the goddess | ||
| A7_2968 (A2 / 803 NS) |
1 | su samåhavo | an assemblage of cloud | |
| 2 | deva kālikāsavo | God Kālikā | ||
| 3 | kālavelaü juva | also becomes the time |