तलtalaलम् [lam], लम् [तल्-अच्]
- लम् lam, लम् तल्-अच्
- A surface; भुवस्तलमिव व्योम कुर्वन् व्योमेव भूतलम् R.4.29; sometimes used at the end of comp. without much alteration of meaning; महीतलम् 'surface of the earth' id est, that is earth itself; शुद्धे तु दर्पणतले सुलभावकाशा Ś.7.32; नभस्तलम् etc.
- The palm of the hand; R.6.18.
- The sole of the foot; Bhāg.1.36. 8.
- The fore-arm.
- A slap with the hand.
- Lowness, inferiority of position.
- A lower part, part underneath, base, foot, bottom; रेवारोधसि वेतसीतरुतले चेतः समुत्कण्ठते K. Parasmaipada1.
- (Hence) The ground under a tree or any other object, shelter afforded by anything; फणी मयूरस्य तले निषीदति Ṛs.1.13.
- A hole, pit.
- A span.
Derived forms and compounds
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-लः
- The hilt of a sword.
- The palmyra tree.
- Name of Śiva.
- Pressing the strings of a lute with the left hand; तत्र तत्र महानादैरुत्कृष्टतलनादितैः Mb.1.221.6.
- A division of hell.
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-लम्
- A pond.
- A forest, wood; भस्मप्रस्तरशायी च भूमिशय्या तलेषु च Mb.12.33.11.
- Cause, origin, motive.
- A leathern fence worn round the left arm (तला also in this sense); उद्यतैरायुधैश्चित्रास्तलबद्धाः कलापिनः Mb.6.16.14.
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-अङ्गुलिः Feminine a toe.
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-अतलम् the fourth of the seven divisions of hell; Bhāg.2.5.41.
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-ईक्षणः a hog.
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-उदर Adjective having a protuberant belly, pot-bellied.
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-उदरी Feminine A wife; Latin D. B.
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-उदा a river.
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-घातः a slap with the palm of the hand.
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-तालः
- a kind of musical instrument.
- clapping of the hands.
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-त्रम्, -त्राणम्, -वारणम् a leathern glove of an archer; शरासन- ज्यातलवारणध्वनिः Ki.14.29; पाणयः सतलत्राश्च... Śiva B.12.8.
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-प्रहारः a slap with the hand.
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-बद्धः Adjective having fastened round one's arm the तल (त्र); Mb.6.16.14.
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-युद्धम् a fight with the palms of the hands.
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-लोकः nether world (पाताल); Bhāg.2.6.42.
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-सारकम्
- a martingale.
- a horse's food-receptacle; M. W.
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-सारणम्, -सारिका Tbe same.
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-हृदयम् the centre of the sole of foot.
Source: Apte