āli (2972)

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āli
Entry 2972, Page 106, Col. 1
(Ali, Ali)
āli¦, f. (m. ? nom. āliḥ), (1) small ditch (for water): Mvy 4177 = Tib. yur phran; cf. the Pali (and Skt. Lex.) meaning dike; (2) a-series (i.e. a plus āli), name for a series of syllables (chiefly vowels and combinations of a or ā with semivowels), used as a magic formula in Sādh, and defined there 478.7 ff. Cf. kāli.

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