As a Hindi name
करना
to do (to perform or execute, to commit); to work, do work; to make, create; to cause to become, to render
a Hindi word; it is not Sanskrit
“Hindi verb set करना (karnā) कराना (karānā) करवाना (karvānā) Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷer- Proto-Indo-European *-néwti Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥náwti Sanskrit कृ॒णोति॑ (kṛṇóti) Sanskrit क॒रोति॑ (karóti) Ashokan Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁄𑀢𑀺 (karoti) Prakrit 𑀓𑀭𑁂𑀇 (karei) Hindi करना In…” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a Rākṣasa (sort of goblin)
Verified derivationMultiple readings (5)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "kīlālapa" is the vocative of "kīlālapā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
kīlāla—pa mfn. drinking blood, MBh. iii, 13241
kīlāla—pa m. a Rākṣasa (sort of goblin), L.
kīlālapa m. (-paḥ) A Rākṣasa, a sort of goblin or imp. E. kīlāla blood, and pa who drinks.
kīlāla—pā mfn. (Pāṇ. iii, 2, 74, Kāś.) drinking the beverage kīlāla (N. of Agni), RV. x, 91, 14.
Alternative readings
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