# हलाहल (halāhala)

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हलाहल (halāhala) is a Sanskrit word meaning a kind of deadly poison, a kind of lizard, a kind of snake, a Jaina or Bauddha sage, a sort of deadly poison, a sort of lizard or newt. Its 13 recorded definitions are grouped into 4 contexts, among them A type of poison (typically deadly), A Jaina or Bauddha sage/saint, A kind of lizard/newt.

- **Etymology:** E. हस्न to plough, अच् aff., अ negative, and हल the same; also हलहस्न, &c — E. hasna to plough, ac aff., a negative, and hala the same; also halahasna, &c
- **SLP1:** `halAhala`  **IAST:** halāhala  **Devanagari:** हलाहल
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halahala
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/halahala/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** हालाहला (hālāhalā), हालाहल (hālāhala), हालहाल (hālahāla), हालहल (hālahala), हलहला (halahalā), हलहल (halahala)

## Meanings by context

### A type of poison (typically deadly) (10 definitions)
- a kind of deadly poison  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H1) [Printed book page 1293,2] हलाहल (halāhala) m. n. a kind of deadly poison (produced at the churning of the ocean by gods and demons), Kāvya literature (Literary category); Pañcatantra (Title) [ ID=261849 ]
- A kind of deadly poison.  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > हलाहल (halāhala) [Printed book page 376-1 ] हलाहल (halāhala) halāhala, m. n. kind of deadly poison. [ ID=20444 ]
- 1. A sort of poison. 2. A kind of snake. 3. A Jaina or Bauddha deified saint. 4. A sort of lizard or newt.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > हल (hala) ाहल (hala) (halāhala) [Printed book page 971 ] हल (hala) ाहल (hala) (halāhala) mn. ( - लः (-laḥ)- लं (-laḥ-laṃ) ) A sort of poison. m. ( - लः (-laḥ) ) 1 A kind of snake. 2 A Jaina or Bauddha deified saint. 3 A sort of lizard or newt. E. हस्न (hasna) to plough, अ (a) च् (ac) aff., अ (a) negative, and हल (hala) the same; also हल (hala) हस्न (hasna) (halahasna), &c. [ ID=44062 ]
- 1. A type of poison. 2. A kind of snake, a lizard, or a Jaina or Buddhist.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > हलाहल (halāhala) [Printed book page 896-a ] हलाहल (halāhala) ( लः - लं ) ((laḥ-laṃ)) 1. m. n. A sort of poison. m. Kind of snake; a Jai- na or Buddhist; sort of lizard. [ ID=43884 ]
- 1. A deadly poison produced during the churning of the ocean. 2. Poison in general.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > हलाहल (halāhala) [Printed book page 828-22 ] हलाहल (halāhala) m.n. 1. A sort of deadly poison produced at the churning of the ocean; 2. a poison in general. (Written also हालहल (hālahala) and हालाहल (hālāhala).) [ ID=43064 ]
- 1. A deadly poison produced during the churning of the ocean. 2. Poison in general. 3. A kind of snake. 4. A Jain or Buddhist deified saint. 5. A sort of lizard or newt.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > हल (hala) ाहल (hala) (halāhala) [Printed book page 829-b ] हल (hala) ाहल (hala) (halāhala) mn. ( - लः (-laḥ)- लं (-laḥ-laṃ) ) 1. A sort of deadly poison produced at the churning of the ocean. 2. A poison in general. m. ( - लः (-laḥ) ) 1. A kind of snake. 2. A Jaina or Bauddha deified saint. 3. A sort of lizard or newt. E. हल (hala) ् (hal) to plough, अ (a) च् (ac) aff., अ (a) negative, and हल (hala) the same; also हल (hala) हल (hala), हालहल (hala), हालाहल (hala), हहल (hala), हाहल (hala) (halahala, hālahala, hālāhala, hahala, hāhala) and हाहाल । (hāhāla.) [ ID=46700 ]
- A sort of poison  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > हलाहल (halāhala) [Printed book page 1108-a ] हलाहल (halāhala) halāhala, m. and n. A sort of poison, Pañc. 105, 6. Cf. hāla- hala. [ ID=17030 ]
- a deadly poison  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > हलाहल (halāhala) [Printed book page 659 ] हलाहल (halāhala) m. n. a cert. deadly poison. [ ID=39443 ]
- a deadly poison  
  *Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary*
  > हलाहल (halāhala) [Printed book page 285-b ] halāhala, m. n. a certain deadly poison. [ ID=4874 ]
- 1. A sort of deadly poison. 2. A kind of snake. 3. A Jaina or Bauddha sage. 4. A sort of lizard or newt.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > हलाहल (halāhala) [Printed book page 1168-a ] हलाहल (halāhala) halāhala, as, am, m. n. ( = hāla- hala, q. v., sometimes also written halahala, and said to be fr. rt. 1. hal ), a sort of deadly poison [cf. kālakūṭa at p. 226, col. 2]; ( as ), m. a kind of snake ( = brahma-sarpa ); a Jaina or Bauddha sage; a sort of lizard or newt. [ ID=53983 ]

### A Jaina or Bauddha sage/saint (1 definition)
- a Jaina or Bauddha sage  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a Jaina or Bauddha sage. [ ID=261852 ]

### A kind of lizard/newt (1 definition)
- a kind of lizard  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > हलाहल (halāhala) m. (only Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) ) a kind of lizard [ ID=261850 ]

### A kind of snake (1 definition)
- a kind of snake  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a kind of snake [ ID=261851 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Lanman's Sanskrit Reader Vocabulary; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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