As a Hindi name
दोल · noun · masculine
झूला । हिंडोला · डोली । चंडोल · एक उत्सव । दोनोत्सव — Śabdasāgara
दोल · noun · masculine
डोल । कुएँ से पानी निकालने का बर्तन — Śabdasāgara
दोल · dol · s.m.
Swinging, oscillating; a swing, a swinging cot; a litter, a ḍūlī; a festival on the fourteenth of the month Phāgun (Feb.-March), when figures of the juvenile Kr̤ishṇa are swung in an ornamental swing — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 535
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
swinging, oscillating
Verified derivationMultiple readings (7)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "dola" is the vocative of "dolā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
dola m. (√ dul) swinging, oscillating, MBh. i, 1214
a festival (on the 14th of Phālguna) when images of the boy Kṛṣṇa are swung, W.
a partic. position of the closed hand, Cat.
dola m. (-laḥ) 1 Swinging. 2 A festival on the 14th of Phalguna, the swinging of the juvenile KṚṢṆA. mf. (-laḥ-lā or lī) 1 A litter, a swinging cot, a dooly. 2 A swing. f. (-lā) The indigo plant. E. dula to throw up or toss, to swing, affix ac; fem. affix ṭāp or ṅīṣ.
dolā f. See below.
dolā f. litter, hammock, palanquin, swing (fig. = fluctuation, incertitude, doubt), MBh.; Kāv. &c. (rarely ˚la m. or f(ī). )
Alternative readings
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