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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. केलिkelim. f.Play, sport.

    [केल्-इन्]

    1. Play, sport.
    2. Amorous sport, pastime; केलिचलन्मणिकुण्डल etc. Gīt.1; हरिरिह मुग्ध- वधूनिकरे विलासिनि विलसति केलिपरे Tbe same; राधामाधवयोर्जयन्ति यमुनाकूले रहः केलयः Tbe same; Amaru.8; Pt.1.175; Ms.8.357; Ṛs.4.17; केलिं कुरुष्व परिभुङ्क्ष्व सरोरुहाणि Udb.
    3. Joke, jest, mirth.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -लिः Feminine The earth.

    • -कलहः a quarrel in jest or joke.

    • -कला

      1. sportive skill, wantonness, amorous address; रतिकेलिकलाभिरधीरम् Gīt.11.
      2. the lute of Sarasvatī.

    • -किलः the confidential companion of the hero of a drama (a kind of विदूषक or buffoon). (-ली) Name of Rati.

    • -किलावती Rati, wife of the god of love.

    • -कीर्णः a camel.

    • -कुञ्चिका a wife's younger sister.

    • -कुपित Adjective angry in sport; Ve.1.2.

    • -कोषः an actor, a dancer.

    • -गृहम्, -निकेतनम्, -मन्दिरम्, -सदनम् a pleasure-house, a private apartment; मञ्जुतरकुञ्जतलकेलि- सदने प्रविश राधे माधवसमीपम् Gīt.11; Amaru.9 (Vartious reading)-नागरः a sensualist.

    • -पर Adjective sportive, wanton, amorous.

    • -पल्वलम् a pleasure-pond; Name1.117.

    • -मुखः joke, sport, pastime.

    • -रङ्गः a pleasure ground.

    • -वनम् A pleasure-garden; निरीक्षते केलिवनं प्रविश्य क्रमेलकः कण्टकजालमेव Vikr.1.29.

    • -वृक्षः a species of Kadamba tree.

    • -शयनम् a pleasure-couch, sofa; केलिशयनमनुयातम् Gīt.11.

    • -शुषिः Feminine the earth.

    • -सचिवः a boon companion, confidential friend.

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  2. कङ्केलिkaṅkeli(वृक्षविशेषः) Kālidāsa mentions the tree only once in his literature and says that it flowers only in Śarad…

    (वृक्षविशेषः) Kālidāsa mentions the tree only once in his literature and says that it flowers only in Śarad (Compare Ṛs.3.18.).

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. केलिkeli[kel-i] m. f. (also î, f.) diversion, sport, dalliance: -griha, n. pleasure-house; -ta, n. sport, jest; -vana…

    [kel-i] masculine feminine; also equal for (also î, feminine; also equal for) diversion, sport, dalliance: -griha, neuter pleasure-house; -ta, neuter sport, jest; -vana, neuter pleasure-grove; -say ana, neuter couch; -sadana, neuter pleasure-house; -sthalî, feminine; also equal for play-ground; (î)-sâla-bhañgikâ, feminine; also equal for statuette.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. केलिkelimf. play, sport, amorous sport, pastime, amusement Mn. viii, 357 Mr2icch. &c.
    1. mf. play, sport, amorous sport, pastime, amusement Mn. viii, 357 Mr2icch. etc.
    2. mf. disguise, concealment Gal.
    3. feminine the earth Lexicographers
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  2. कङ्केलिkaṅkelim. the tree Jonesia Asoka Ba1lar.

    masculine gender the tree Jonesia Asoka Ba1lar.

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  3. कन्दर्पकेलिkandarpakelim. N. of wk.

    masculine gender Name of work

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  4. कर्पूरकेलिkarpūrakelim. N. of a flamingo Hit.

    masculine gender Name of a flamingo Hit.

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  5. कलाकेलिkalākelim. amorous play Ba1lar.
    1. masculine gender amorous play Ba1lar.
    2. masculine gender "frolicsome", Name of Ka1ma काम Lexicographers
    3. (also) masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective one who exercises an art for pleasure, Gi1t.
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  6. कामकेलिkāmakelim. "love-sport", amorous sport, sexual intercourse L.
    1. masculine gender "love-sport", amorous sport, sexual intercourse Lexicographers
    2. masculine gender the Vidu1shaka विदूषक of the drama Lexicographers
    3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having amorous sport, wanton Lexicographers
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  7. कामकेलिरसkāmakelirasam. a kind of aphrodisiac.

    masculine gender a kind of aphrodisiac.

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