हालhālaA plough.
[हलो अस्त्यस्य अण्, हल एव वा अण्]
- A plough.
- Name of Balarāma.
- Name of a king, Śālivāhana king.
- A kind of bird.
Derived forms and compounds
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-ला Spirituous liquor.
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-ली A wife's younger sister.
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-मृत् Masculine an epithet of Balarāma.
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हाल hāla
- ला lā हलम् halam, (ला) हलम् 1 A sort of deadly poison produced at the churning of the ocean; (being of a very virulent character it began to burn up everything when it was swallowed by the god Śiva); अहमेव गुरुः सुदारुणानामिति हालाहल मास्म तात दृप्यः । ननु सन्ति भवादृशानि भूयो भुवनेऽस्मिन् वचनानि दुर्जनानाम् Subhāṣ.; हालाहलं न विषं विषं रमा Subhāṣ.
- (Hence) A deadly poison or poison in general; हालाहलं खलु पिपासति कौतुकेन Bv.1.95;2.73; मधु तिष्ठति वाचि योषितां हृदये हालहलं महद्विषम् Pt.1.188. (Also written हलाहल or हालहाल).
Source: Apte
