Kalmasha, ṣa, ṣa: 21 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms ṣa and ṣa can be transliterated into English as Kalmasa or Kalmasha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Kalmash.
In Hinduism
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translationṣa (कल्म�) refers to “sins� (viz., of the body), according to the Śivapurṇa 2.2.30. Accordingly as Brahm narrated to Nrada:—“[...] [Satī] desired to burn off the body and retain the pure wind by yogic means. In this posture she remembered the feet of her lord and nothing else. Her body divested of its sins (ٲ-첹ṣa) fell in the yogic fire and was reduced to ashes, O excellent sage, in accordance with her own wish�.
: Eastern Book Linkers: Harivaṃśa Purṇaṣa (कल्माष) refrers to one of the ten sons of Tmasa Manu (of the fourth manvantara), according to the Harivaṃśa-purṇa 1.7.20-29:—“In the Tmasa-manvantara there were the gods called Satya. Tmasa Manu had ten very strong sons, known as Dyuti, Tapasya, Sutapa, Tapomūla, Tapodhana, Taparati, ṣa, Tanvī, Dhanvī and Paraṃtapa. All of them were owned by �.
: JatLand: List of Mahabharata people and placesṣa (कल्माष) is a name mentioned in the Ѳٲ (cf. I.35.7, II.25.6, II.47.4, IX.44.100) and represents one of the many proper names used for people and places. Note: The Ѳٲ (mentioning ṣa) is a Sanskrit epic poem consisting of 100,000 śǰ첹 (metrical verses) and is over 2000 years old.
: Shodhganga: Kasyapa Samhita—Text on Visha Chikitsa (itihasa)ṣa is the name of a Serpent (sarpa) mentioned in the thirty-fifth chapter (verses 4-17) of the Ādiparva of the Ѳٲ.—Accordingly, Sauti, on being implored by Śaunaka to name all the serpents in the course of the sarpa-sattra, tells him that it is humanly impossible to give a complete list because of their sheer multiplicity; but would name the prominent ones in accordance with their significance [e.g., ṣa].

The Purana (पुरा�, purṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihiraṣa (कल्माष) refers to an ancient kingdom or tribe of people, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhit (chapter 5), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “If there should be both lunar and solar eclipses in one month, princes will suffer both from dissensions among their own army and from wars. [...] If the solar or lunar eclipse should fall in the lunar month of Krttika, persons who live by fire, the Magadhas, the eastern princes, the Kosalas, the ṣas, the Śūrasenas and the people of Benares will suffer miseries; the ruler of Kaliṅga with his ministers and servants and the Kṣatriyas will perish but there will be prosperity and plenty in the land�.

Jyotisha (ज्योति�, dzپṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy� or “Vedic astrology� and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)
: Google Books: ManthanabhairavatantramKalmsa (कल्मास) is another name for 𱹲—one of the Sixteen Siddhas according to the Kubjiknityhnikatilaka: a derative text drawing from Tantras and other sources such as the Ṣaṭshasrasaṃhit.—These sixteen spiritual teachers represent the disciples of the Nine Nthas who propagated the Western Transmission noted in the Kubjik Tantras.—𱹲� is the Cary name of this Ntha (i.e., the public name the Siddha uses when living as a wandering renouncer). He is alternatively known as Vimaladeva or Kalmsa according to the Kulakaulinīmata.

Shakta (शाक्�, śkta) or Shaktism (śktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.
In Jainism
General definition (in Jainism)
: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflectionsṣa (कल्म�) refers to the “sins�, according to the 11th century Jñnrṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “That, which is the cessation of the acquisition of karmic material of an ascetic, is declared by those whose sins are removed by meditation (Բ-Ծūٲ-첹ṣa) to be the physical stopping of the influx of karma. That which is evidently cessation of action causing the cycle of rebirth is to be considered as the mental stopping of the influx of karma by those who know about that from the most excellent scripture�.
Synonyms: Ppa, Durita.

Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
Biology (plants and animals)
: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Kalmasa in India is the name of a plant defined with Oryza sativa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Oryza sativa var. rubribarbis Desv. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Plant Systematics and Evolution (1993)
· Landwirthschaftliche Flora (1866)
· Aspects of Plant Sciences (1989)
· Botanisches Archiv (1922)
· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1988)
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Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary첹ṣa (कल्म�).—n S Sin. 2 fig. Feculence, filth, sordes, any excretion or excrementitious matter.
: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English첹ṣa (कल्म�).�n Sin. Fig. Ecculence, filth, sordes.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryṣa (कल्म�).�a.
1) Sinful, wicked.
2) Foul, dirty; व्यरोच� तद� तोयं निर्मल� गतकल्मषम� (vyarocata tad toya� nirmala� gata첹ṣam) 峾.1.43.26.
-ṣa�, -ṣa 1 Stain, dirt, dregs.
2) The hand below the wrist.
3) Sin; � हि गगनविहारी कल्मषध्वंसकारी (sa hi gaganavihrī 첹ṣadhvaṃsakrī) H.1.19; Bhagavadgīt (Bombay) 4.3; 5.16; Manusmṛti 4.26,12.18,22.
-ṣa� Hell.
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ṣa (कल्माष).�a. (-ṣ� f.)
1) Variegated, spotted; आजुहाव तत� प्रीतः कल्माषी� धूतकल्मषाम� (juhva tata� prīta� 첹ṣīṃ dhūtakalmaṣm) 峾.1.52.2.
2) Black and white; अश्वांस्तित्तिरकल्माषान् (śṃsپٳپ첹ṣn) Ѳٲ (Bombay) 12.124.12.
-ṣa� 1 The variegated colour.
2) A mixture of black and white. शुक्लगुण� शुक्लः � कृष्णगुण� कृष्णः � � इदानीमुभयगुणः � तृतीयामाख्या� लभते कल्माष इत� वा सारङ्ग इत� वा (śuklaguṇa� śukla� | kṛṣṇaguṇa� kṛṣṇa� | ya idnīmubhayaguṇa� sa tṛtīymkhy� labhate kalmṣa iti v sraṅga iti v) Ѳٲ on P.I.2.31.
3) A demon, goblin.
4) The black colour.
5) A form of Agni.
6) A kind of fragrant rice.
-ṣ� Name of the river Yamun; अभित� सोऽथ कल्माषी� गङ्गाकूल� परिभ्रमन� (abhita� so'tha 첹ṣīṃ gaṅgkūle paribhraman) Ѳٲ (Bombay) 1.167.5.
2) The spotted cow of Jamadagni.
-ṣa Stain.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṣa (कल्म�).—mfn.
(-ṣa�-ṣ�-ś�) Dirty, foul. m.
(-ṣa�) A kind of hell, a division of the infernal regions. n.
(-ṣa�) 1. Sin. 2. The hand bellow the wrist. E. karmma virtuous or pious action, ṣo to destory, and ka affix; the form is irr.
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ṣa (कल्माष).—mfn.
(-ṣa�-ṣ� or -ṣ�-ṣa�) Of a mixed or variegated colour. m.
(-ṣa�) 1. A variegated colour. 2. A mixture of black and white. 3. Black. 4. A demon or goblin. f. (-ṣ�) The spotted cow of Jamadagni, the giver of all desires. E. kal to go, &c. kvip affix, kal, ma� to injure, � affix ṣa; what injures or triumphs over other colours.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṣa (कल्म�).� (cf. 첹ṣa), m. and n. 1. Dirt, sediment, [Bhgavata-Purṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 8, 7, 43. 2. A spot, [Rmyṇa] 2, 36, 27; [ٲśܳٲ] in
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ṣa (कल्माष).� (cf. the last), I. adj., f. ṣ�, Of a mixed or variegated colour, spotted, Ѳٲ 2, 1043; [Rmyṇa] 1, 52, 20. Ii. m. The name of a Nga, Ѳٲ 1, 1552. Iii. f. ṣ�, 1. A cow of variegated colour, [Rmyṇa] 5, 13, 16. 2. The name of a river, Ѳٲ 2, 2575.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionaryṣa (कल्म�).—[neuter] dirt, stain, sin.
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ṣa (कल्माष).—[feminine] ī black spotted. [masculine] [Name] of a serpent demon; [feminine] 첹ṣ� a spotted cow; [neuter] spot, stain.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ṣa (कल्म�):�n. (as m., [Bhgavata-purṇa viii, 7, 43] = 첹ṣa [from] karma + �so, ‘destroying virtuous action� [Kśik-vṛtti on Pṇini 8-2, 18]) stain, dirt
2) dregs, settlings (cf. jala-k)
3) darkness
4) moral stain, sin, [Ѳٲ; Rmyṇa; Bhgavata-purṇa; Manu-smṛti iv, 260; xii, 18, 22]
5) ṣ� (कल्मषा):—[from 첹ṣa] f. ifc. [Bhagavad-gīt iv, 30 etc.]
6) ṣa (कल्म�):—mf()n. dirty, stained, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) impure, sinful, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) n. the hand below the wrist, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
9) mn. a particular hell, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
10) ṣa (कल्माष):—mf(ī)n. ([Pṇini 4-1, 40] [gana] gaurdi, [Pṇini 4-1, 41]) variegated, spotted, speckled with black, [Vjasaneyi-saṃhit; Taittirīya-saṃhit; Śatapatha-brhmṇa; Āśvalyana-gṛhya-sūtra; Ѳٲ]
11) black, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
12) m. a variegated colour (partly black, partly white), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
13) a Rakṣas, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
14) a species of fragrant rice, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
15) Name of a Nga, [Ѳٲ]
16) a form of Agni, [Harivaṃśa]
17) Name of an attendant on the Sun (identified with Yama), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
18) a kind of deer, [Trntha tarkavcaspati’s Vcaspatyam, Sanskrit dictionary]
19) Name of Śkya-muni in a former birth
20) n. a stain, [Śatapatha-brhmṇa vi, 3, 1, 31]
21) Name of a Sman.
: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) ṣa (कल्म�):—[(ṣa�-ṣ�-ṣa�) a.] Dirty, foul. 1. n. Sin; the hand below the wrist. 1. m. A kind of hell.
2) ṣa (कल्माष):�(ṣa�) 1. m. A variegated color. a. Variegated; black; a demon. f. (ṣ�) A fabulous spotted cow, belonging to Jamadagni.
: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)ṣa (कल्म�) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Kammasa.
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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryṣa (कल्म�) [Also spelled kalmash]:�(nm) sin; impurity, filth.
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Kannada-English dictionary
: Alar: Kannada-English corpusṣa (ಕಲ್ಮ�):�
1) [adjective] soiled; unclean; dirty.
2) [adjective] morally unfair, illicit or questionable.
3) [adjective] feeling or showing anger; extremely resentful; angry.
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ṣa (ಕಲ್ಮ�):�
1) [noun] any unclean or soiling matter, as mud, dust, dung, trash, etc.; dirt.
2) [noun] a moral stigma; a religious violation or transgression; a sin.
3) [noun] (myth.) a division of one of the hells.
4) [noun] the state or fact of being short of; deficiency; incompleteness; shortcoming.
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ṣa (ಕಲ್ಮಾಷ):�
1) [adjective] marked with irregular patches of different colours; variegated.
2) [adjective] done in black and white.
3) [adjective] of the colour of charcoal; black.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Kalmashabhibhava, Kalmashadamya, Kalmashadhvamsa, Kalmashadhvamsakarin, Kalmashaghna, Kalmashagriva, Kalmashaka, Kalmashakantha, Kalmasham, Kalmashanghri, Kalmashapada, Kalmashapadacarita, Kalmashapuccha, Kalmashata, Kalmashatantura.
Full-text (+63): Akalmasha, Kalmashapada, Vikalmasha, Kalmashakantha, Vigatakalmasha, Nishkalmasha, Apakalmasha, Lohitakalmasha, Vitakalmasha, Kalmashata, Kalmashatantura, Dhutakalmasha, Kalmashagriva, Jalakalmasha, Kalmashapuccha, Kshinakalmasha, Gatakalmasha, Vidhutakalmasha, Vyapetakalmasha, Kalmasham.
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