मुसल

{ musalḥ, musala }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

MUSALA   A Brahmavādī son of Viśvāmitra. [Śloka 53, Chapter 4, Anuśāsana Parva] .

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   musala n S A pestle &c. See the popular form मुसळ.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

  न. मुसळ पहा .

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

मुसल  mn.  mn. (often spelt मुशल or मुषल; cf. [Uṇ. i, 108] Sch.) a pestle, ( esp.) a wooden pestle used for cleaning rice, [AV.] &c., &c.
चक्र-म्°   a mace, club, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. ( cf.)

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चक्र म्°

   the clapper of a bell, [Kathās.]
   a partic. surgical instrument, [Suśr.]
   a partic. constellation, [VarBṛS.]
   the 22nd astron. योग or division of the moon's path, [MW.]
मुसल  m.  m. N. of a son of विश्वामित्र, [MBh.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

मुसलः [musalḥ] लम् [lam]   लम् 1 A mace, club; मुसला इव मे घ्नन्ति नेमे बाणाः शिखण्डिनः [Mb.6.119.62.]
   A pestle (used for cleaning rice); मुसलमिदमियं च पातकाले मुहुरनुयाति कलेन हुंकृतेन [Mu.1.4;] [Ms.6.56.]
   A kind of surgical instrument.
   The clapper of a bell (Mar. लोळी).
  N. N. of a constellation. -Comp.
-आयुधः   an epithet of Balarāma; उपस्पृश्य च तत्रैव प्रहृष्टो मुसलायुधः [Mb.9.36.2.]
-उलूखलम्   a pestle and mortar; [Ms.3.88.]

Shabda-Sagara

मुसल  n.  ( -लं)
   1. A pestle, a wooden pestle used for cleaning rice.
   2. A club.
  f.  ( -ली)
   1. A plant, (Curculigo orchioides.)
   2. A house- lizard.
    E. मुस् to break, aff. कलच्; it is also read with its com- pounds and derivatives मुषल, मुषली, and sometimes मुशल, &c.

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मुस् कलच्; मुषल मुषली मुशल