Apte Dictionary

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Entry कलाप

कलापkalāpa1 A band, bundle; समित्कलापमादाय प्रविवेश स्वमाश्रमम् Mb.3.137.1. मुक्ताकलापस्य च निस्तलस्य Ku.1. 42 a round…
1. 1 A band, bundle; समित्कलापमादाय प्रविवेश स्वमाश्रमम् Mb.3.137.1. मुक्ताकलापस्य च निस्तलस्य Ku.1. 42 a round necklace of pearls; रशनाकलापः a zone of several strings.
2. A group or whole collection of things; अखिलकलाकलापालोचन K.7.
3. A peacock's tail; तं मे जातकलापं प्रेषय मणिकण्ठकं शिखिनम् V.5.13; Pt.2.8. Ṛs.1.16,2.14.
4. A woman's zone or girdle; (Often times with काञ्ची or रशना etc.) जघनमरुणरत्नग्रन्थिकाञ्चीकलापं कुवलय- नयनाना को विहातुं समर्थः Bh.1.11. श्रोणीतटं सुविपुलं रशना- कलापैः Ṛs.3.2; Mk.1.27.
5. An ornament in general; Mb.8.19.29. 'कलापः संहते बर्हे तूणीरे भूषणे हरे' इति विश्वः
6. The rope round an elephant's neck.
7. A quiver.
8. An arrow.
9. The moon.
10. A shrewed and intelligent man.
11. A poem written in one metre.
12. A tuft (जटाdenotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be supplied) or knot of braided hair.
Derived forms and compounds
- -पी A bundle of grass.
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