As a Hindi name
केरल · noun · masculine
दक्षिण भारत का एक देश · [स्त्री॰ केरली] केरल देशवासी पुरूष · एक प्रकार का पलित ज्योतिष, जिसका आविष्कार केरल देश में हुआ था । इसमें स्वर और व्यंजन अक्षरों के लिये कुछ अंक नियत होते हैं और उन्हीं की सहायता से गणित करके प्रश्न का फल या उत्तर निकाला जाता है — Śabdasāgara
केरल · masculine
Kerala (a state in southern India)
a Hindi word of ml origin; it is not Sanskrit — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Malayalam കേരളം (kēraḷaṁ).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
pl. N. of the inhabitants of Malabar, (once keraka, )
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Dictionary citations
kerala m. pl. N. of the inhabitants of Malabar, MBh. (once keraka, ii, 1173), Hariv.; R.; VarBṛS.
kerala m. (g. kambojādi) the king of the Keralas, MBh. iii, 15250
N. of a son of Ākrīḍa (from whom the people of Kerala is derived), Hariv. 1836
kerala n. N. of the country inhabited by the Keralas, MBh. vi, 352.
kerala The strip of land between the Western Ghats and the sea north of the Kāverī. The principal rivers in this tract are the Netravatī, the Śarāvatī and the Kālī-Nadī, which is considered to be the (pb) same as the Muralā referred to in R. 4. 55, and in U. 3, and forms the principal river of Kerala. Kerala corresponds to modern Kānarā, and probably included Malabar also, and extended beyond the kāverī.
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