Shalmalika, Śālmalika: 4 definitions
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Shalmalika has 3 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śālmalika can be transliterated into English as Salmalika or Shalmalika, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚālmalika (शाल्मलिक):—
1) adj. (caturṣvartheṣu) von śālmali gaṇa kumudādi [?2. zu Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 80.] dvīpa [Mahābhārata 6, 447.] —
2) m. Andersonia Rohitaka (rohitaka) Roxb. [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Starts with: Shalmalikalpa, Shalmalikanda.
Full-text: Kutashalmalika, Shaliya.
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Padma Purana (by N.A. Deshpande)
Chapter 9 - Śālmalika, Krauñca, Kuśa and Puṣkara Dvīpas and Their Mountains < [Section 3 - Svarga-khaṇḍa (section on the heavens)]
Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
Therapeutics and Rejuvenation Therapy < [Chapter 4 - Diseases and Remedial measures (described in Caraka-saṃhitā)]
Mahabharata (English) (by Kisari Mohan Ganguli)
Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 8 - The Treatment of Disease (roga-bhishaj-jiti-vimana) < [Vimanasthana (Vimana Sthana) — Section on Measure]