मेखल (mekhala)

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Monier Williams Cologne

English

 मेखल mn.  a girdle,  belt,  R.
 

 मेखल m.
  pl.
  N.
  of a people,  VarBṛS.
  (prob. w.r. for मेकल)

Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid

English

 Mekhala,  n. of a pupil of 1 Dharma (4): Laṅk 〔365.3 f.〕

पुराणम्

English

मेखल / MEKHALA (mekala). mekhala was a country which had attained Purāṇic fame in ancient india. The inhabitants of this place were called Mekhalas. They were the bodyguards of bhīṣma. (Chapter 51,  bhīṣma parva). They formed a separate division in the army of bṛhannala,  King of kosala. (Chapter 87,  bhīṣma parva). Once karṇa conquered this country. (Śloka 8,  Chapter 4,  droṇa parva). Mekhalas were Kṣatriyas formerly. But they became persons of low caste when they showed jealousy towards the brahmins. (Śloka 17,  Chapter 35,  anuśāsana parva).

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वाचस्पत्यम्

Sanskrit

 मेक(ख)ल पु०
  मि--कलच् खलच् वा नात्त्वम् । १ अद्रिभेदेमे इति कलो यस्य क मध्यः । २ छागे पुंस्त्री० राजनि०स्त्रियां ङीष् ।

Capeller

German

 (मेखल) u. मे॑खला f.
  Gurt,  Gürtel
 Umgürtung
(r.).

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