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Sanskrit · noun · Everyday Life

Palla

पल्ला
said PAL-la
also written: palla,pallaa
Meaning

A scale-pan of a balance; one of the two pans in which things are weighed.

See it in the verse

Palla in Iqbal’s couplets

Wo fareb-khurda shahin ki pala ho kargason mein
Use kya khabar ki kya hai rah-o-rasm-e-shahbazi
That deceived falcon, raised among vultures, what would it know of the ways and customs of the royal hawk?
The Falcon · Selfhood · Awakening
Related words
PERSIAN

Taraazu

A weighing balance or scales.

SANSKRIT

Daanga

The beam of a balance from which the scale-pans hang.

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