Apte Dictionary

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Entry कलह

कलहkalahaहम् [ham], हम् [कलं कामं हन्ति हन्-ड Tv.]
1. हम् ham, हम् कलं कामं हन्ति हन्-ड Tv.
2. Strife, quarrel; ईर्ष्याकलहः Bh.1.2; लीलाdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied Ś. Til.8; so शुष्ककलहः प्रणयकलहः etc.
3. War, battle.
4. Trick, deceit, falsehood.
5. Violence, kicking, beating etc. Ms.4.121; (where Medhātithi and Kullūka explain कलह by दण्डादिनेतरेतर- ताढनम् and दण्डादण्ड्यादि respectively).
6. A road, way.
7. The sheath of a sword.
8. A cry, sound; मदकल- नीलकण्ठकलहैर्मुखराः ककुभः Māl.9.18.
9. A part of west Bengal named Rāḍha.
Derived forms and compounds
- -अन्तरिता a woman separated from her lover in consequence of a quarrel with him (one who is angry and yet sorry for it); she is thus defined in S. D.117. चाटुकारमपि प्राणनाथं रोषादपास्य या । पश्चात्तापमवाप्नोति कलहान्तरिता तु सा ॥ -अपहृतAdjective taken by main force or violence.
- -कारः, -कारिन् Adjective quarrelsome, turbulent.
- -नाशनः Guilandina Bondue (Marâthî कुडा, करंज).
- -नाशनः A kind of करंज tree.
- -प्रिय Adjective fond of (promoting) quarrels; ननु कलहप्रियोऽसि M.1. (-यः) an epithet of Nārada. (-या) a bird (सारिका).
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