Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.
Results for चैल
3 dictionaries · exact headword
Apte Dictionary
V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
चैलcailaa.Made of cloth.
Made of cloth.
Derived forms and compounds
-लम् A piece of cloth, garment.
-लः A month.
-अशकः A goblin feeding on moths Ms.12.72.
-धावः a washerman; चैलधावसुराजीवसहोपपतिवेश्मनाम् Y.1.164.
Source: Apte
Monier-Williams
Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
चैलcailamfn. made of cloth (चेल) W.
masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective made of cloth (चेल) W.
masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective bred in clothes (as insects; masculine genderEquivalent toचेला*शक) Mn. xii, 72 Kull.
masculine genderName of a man (confer, compareच्/एलक) Va1yuP. i, 61, 40
masculine genderpluralName of a family Pravar. ii, 2, 1 (varia lectio, चेल, that the rest of a word is to be suppliedलक)
neuter genderEquivalent toचेल, clothes, garment Kaus3. Ya1jn5. ii, 97 (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound') MBh. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ)., iii, 12725) Pan5cat. BhP. x, 42, 33 Kuval.
neuter gender a piece of cloth Car.
Source: Monier-Williams
Macdonell
A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
चैलcaila[kaila] m. clothes-moth; n. cloth, garment: -dhâva, m. washerman; - ͜ âsaka, m. demon feeding on moths.