छल [ chala ] [ chala ] n. (√ [ skhal ] ) ( exceptionally m. Lit. BhP. vii , 15 , 12 ; g. [ ardharcādi ] ) 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 Lit. Ragh. vii , 27 ; [ rajaś-chalena ] , " under the semblance of dust " , Lit. xvi , 28 ; see [ kanyakā- ] , [ dharma- ] , [vāk- ] ) Lit. Mn. viii , 49 and ( [ a-cch ] , neg.) Lit. 187 Lit. MBh. (ifc. f ( [ ā ] ) . Lit. Kathās. lxii , 164)

  deceitful disputation , perverting the sense of words Lit. Nyāyas. i , 51 ff. Lit. Sarvad.

  wickedness Lit. W.

  [ chala ] for [ sthala ] MBH. xiii. 7257 m. N. of a son of Dala Lit. VP. iv , 4 , 47

  [ chalā ] f. ifc. in names of several treatises or chapters belonging to Lit. SV. (e.g. [ -ūha- ] , [ ūhya- ] , , qq. vv.)