chala (√skhal) n. (exceptionally m. BhP. vii, 15, 12 • g. ardharcâdi) fraud, deceit, sham, guise, pretence, delusion, semblance, fiction, feint, trick, fallacy (often ifc., e.g. upadā-chalena, 'under pretence of gifts of honour', i.e. with feigned gifts Ragh. vii, 27 • rajaś-chalena, 'under the semblance of dust', xvi, 28 • See kanyakā-, dharma-, vāk-) Mn. viii, 49 and (a-cch○, neg.) 187 MBh. &c. (ifc. f. ā Kathās. lxii, 164) • deceitful disputation, perverting the sense of words Nyāyas. i, 51 ff. Sarvad. • wickedness W. • for sthala MBH. xiii. 7257 m. N. of a son of Dala VP. iv, 4, 47 • (ā), f. ifc. in names of several treatises or chapters belonging to SV. (e.g. -ūha-, ūhya-, &c., qq. vv.)