दोल

{ dōlḥ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

दोल  m.  m. (√ दुल्) swinging, oscillating, [MBh. i, 1214]
   a festival (on the 14th of फाल्गुन) when images of the boy कृष्ण are swung, [W.]
   a partic. position of the closed hand, [Cat.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

दोलः [dōlḥ]   [दुल्-घञ्]
   Swinging, rocking, oscillating; वेलादोलानिलचलम् [Mb.1.21.1.]
   A swing, litter.
   A festival held on the fourteenth or full-moon day of the month of Phālguna when figures of 'young Kṛiṣṇa' (बालकृष्ण) are swung in a swing. -Comp.
-मण्डपः, -पम्, -यानम्   a swing.

Shabda-Sagara

दोल  m.  ( -लः)
   1. Swinging.
   2. A festival on the 14th of Phālgun, the swinging of the juvenile KRISHNA.
  m.  ( -लः-ला or ली)
   1. A litter, a swinging cot, a dooly.
   2. A swing.
  f.  ( -ला) The indigo plant.
    E. दुल् to throw up or toss, to swing, affix अच्; fem. affix टाप् or ङीष् .

ROOTS:

दुल् अच्; टाप् ङीष् .