दोला दोलिका 1 A litter, palanquin. -2 A swing, hammock (fig. also); आसीत् स दोलाचलचित्तवृत्तिः R.14.34; 9.46;19.44; संदेहदोलामारोप्यते K.27. -3 Swinging, fluctuation. -4 Doubt, uncertainty. -6 The Indigo plant. -Comp. -अधिरूढ, -आरूढ a. (lit.) mounted on a swing; (fig.) uncertain, irresolute, disquieted. -चलचित्त- वृत्ति a. One whose mind is agitated like a swing. -यन्त्रम् drugs tied up in a cloth and boiled out over a fire; Bhāva. P. -युद्धम् uncertainty of success, a fight with varying success; दोलायुद्धं कृतगुरुतरध्वानमौद्धत्यभाजाम् Śi.18.8. -लोल a. uncertain.
noun (feminine) hammock (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
incertitude (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
litter (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
palanquin (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
swing (fig. fluctuation) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the Indigo plant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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verb (denominative ātmanepada) to be doubtful or uncertain (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to move to and fro (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
to rock about like a swing (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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