वेला f. f. limit, boundary, end,
[ŚBr.] ;
[Kāvyâd.] distance,
[ŚBr.] ;
KātyŚr.वेलायाम् boundary of sea and land (personified as the daughter of
मेरु and
धारिणी, and the wife of
समुद्र), coast, shore (, on the sea-shore, coast-wise),
[MBh.] ;
[Kāv.] &c.
पश्चिमा limit of time, period, season, time of day, hour (with , the evening hour;
का वेला, ‘what time of the day is it?’
का वेला प्रा-प्तायाः, ‘how long has she been here?’
-वेलम्ifc. after a numeral = times),
[ŚBr.] &c. &c.
वेलाम् प्र-√ कृ opportunity, occasion, interval, leisure (, to watch for an opportunity;
वेलायाम्, at the right moment or season;
अर्थ-वेलायाम्, at the moment when the meaning is under consideration),
[MBh.] ;
[Kāv.] &c.
ईश्वरस्य भोजनम् meal-time, meal (as of a god = ,
शिव's meal),
[L.] the last hour, hour of death,
[BhP.] easy or painless death,
[L.] tide, flow (
opp. to ‘ebb’), stream, current,
[MaitrUp.] ;
[MBh.] &c.
राग ‘sickness’ or ‘passion’ ( or
रोग),
[L.] the gums,
[L.] speech,
[L.] N. of the wife of
बुद्ध,
[L.] of a princess found on the seashore (after whom the 11th
लम्बक of the
कथासरित्-सागर is called).