Kolāhala (nt.) (cp. also halāhala) shouting, uproar, excite- ment about ( -- ˚), tumult, foreboding, warning about something, hailing. There are 5 kolāhalāni enumd at KhA 120 sq. viz. kappa˚ (the announcement of the end of the world, cp. Vism 415 sq.), cakkavatti˚ (of a worldking), buddha˚ (of a Buddha), mangala˚ (that a Buddha will pronounce the "eu)agge/lion"), moneyya˚ (that a monk will enquire of the Lord after the highest wisdom, cp. SnA 490). One may compare the 3 (mahā -- )halāhalāni given at J i.48 as kappa -- halāhala, buddha˚ and cakkavatti˚, eka -- kolāhalaŋ one uproar J iv.404; vi.586; DhA ii.96. See also Vin ii.165, 275, 280; J v.437; DhA i.190; PvA 4; VvA 132.

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