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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

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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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

कलहkalaha[kalaha] m. dispute, quarrel.

[kalaha] masculine dispute, quarrel.

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कलहंसkalahaṃsa[kala-hamsa] m., î, f. kind of duck, goose or swan; -ka, m. id. dim.; -tâ, f. abst. n.

[kala-hamsa] masculine, î, feminine; also equal for kind of duck, goose or swan; -ka, masculine the same diminutive; -tâ, feminine; also equal for abstract neuter

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

कलहkalaham. (n. L.) strife, contention, quarrel, fight MBh. Mn. &c.
1. masculine gender (neuter gender Lexicographers) strife, contention, quarrel, fight MBh. Mn. etc.
2. masculine gender the sheath of a sword Lexicographers
3. masculine gender a road, way W.
4. masculine gender deceit, falsehood W.
5. masculine gender violence without murderous weapons, abuse, beating, kicking W.
6. Nominal verb Parasmaipada कलहति, to quarrel MBh. xii, 5349.
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अन्योन्यकलहanyonyakalaham. mutual quarrel.

masculine gender mutual quarrel.

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कर्णाटकलहkarṇāṭakalaham. a quarrel about nothing, Ma1lati1m.

masculine gender a quarrel about nothing, Ma1lati1m.

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कलहंसkalahaṃsam. N. of several species of the Han6sa हंस bird or goose MBh. R. Pan5cat. &c.
1. masculine gender Name of several species of the Han6sa हंस bird or goose MBh. R. Pan5cat. etc.
2. masculine gender an excellent king Lexicographers
3. masculine gender Brahma ब्रह्म or the Supreme Spirit Lexicographers
4. masculine gender a particular metre (consisting of four lines of thirteen syllables each)
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कलहंसकkalahaṃsakam. a kind of duck or goose Ka1d.

masculine gender a kind of duck or goose Ka1d.

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कलहंसगामिनीkalahaṃsagāminīf. a woman with a gait like a swan's, Mr2icch.

feminine a woman with a gait like a swan's, Mr2icch.

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कलहंसीkalahaṃsīf. the female of the Kala-han6sa कल-हंस above Ragh. viii, 58.

feminine the female of the Kala-han6sa कल-हंस a reference to some preceeding word (not necessarily in the same page) Ragh. viii, 58.

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