As a Hindi name
तोल · noun · masculine
तोला (तौल) जो ८० रत्ती के बराबर होता है · तौल । वजन — Śabdasāgara
तोल · noun · masculine
नाव का डाँड़ा । (लश॰) — Śabdasāgara
तोल · tol · s.m.
Weighing; weight or quantity measured by the balance; standard weight or measure of weight — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 344
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
‘poising one's self’, see ghana-
Verified derivationMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "tola" is the vocative of "tolā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
tola mfn. (√ tul) ‘poising one's self’, see ghana-
tola m. n. = ˚laka, W.
tola, tolanaṃ &c. See under tul.
tola mn. (-laḥ-laṃ) A Tola, a weight of gold or silver: it is stated in books at 16 Māṣas of 5 Rattis or 6½ grains each, and weighs therefore 105 grains troy: in practice it is calculated at 12 Māṣas jeweller's weight, and weighs nearly double, or 210 grains; but actually it is of the same weight as the Sicca or grs. 179 (2/3). E. tula to weigh, affix ghañ; also with ṇvul affix tolaka, mn. (-kaḥ-kaṃ.)
tolā f. ‘weighing (?)’, Vop.
Alternative readings
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