पाल [ pāla ] [ pāla ] m. (ifc. f ( [ ā ] ) .) a guard , protector , keeper Lit. R. Lit. Hariv.

  a herdsman Lit. Mn. Lit. Gaut. Lit. Yājñ. Lit. MBh.

  protector of the earth , king. prince Lit. BhP.

  (also n.) a spitting spittoon (as " recipient " ?) Lit. L.

  N. of a serpent-demon of the race of Vāsuki Lit. MBh.

  of a prince Lit. Cat.

  ( with [ bhaṭṭa ] ) N. of an author Lit. ib.

  N. of a dynasty (that reigned over Gauḍa and the adjacent countries from about 800-1050 Lit. A.D.).

  [ pālī ] f. a herdsman's wife Lit. MBh. v , 3608

  an oblong pond (as " receptacle " of water?) Lit. Var. ( cf. [ pāli ] ) .