- kalaṃka
- ID:
- T357501
- कलंक (Newar, Devanagari script, Original)
- > kalaṃka (Newar, Latin script, Transliteration-Indological Standard Transliteration)
Other Dictionaries
1. DCN Malla
- is a variant of
- karaṃkha
- Variants:
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mark, dark spot, G.013n.03 NS: 781 see also karaṃkha G2.0l6a.06 NS: 910, Ety. S. kalaṅka Ill. punisyā candramā bhina kalaṃka soyāva. The moon on a fullmoon night is beautiful because it is spotlessly bright.
- language:
- English
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slander, calumny, N.028a.05 NS: 500 Ety. S. kalaṅka Ill. strī, myaṃva puruṣavā dau dhāsyaṃ kalaṃka, lākāle, thakhera. Ordeals also apply to women whose morality has been violated by other men.
- language:
- English
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unclean, impure object, e.g. left- over of eaten food, VK.0l7a.04 NS: 870 Ety. S. kalaṅka Ill. thvanali nibarchanādi, dīpa loha lakṣā, sagvanādi āsirbbāda, palāsana nātunakāva kalaṃa choya. After this, the left- over of the feast and offerings to the dead were sent to be thrown away after making (the person) smell a medicinal plant. (?)
- language:
- English
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kalaṃka has 1 other term directly related to it, which is presented here.