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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Silindhra (सिलिन्ध्र).—(c) a western kingdom watered by the Sītā.^*

• * Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 18. 44.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Silindhra (सिलिन्ध्र).—A plantain tree.

Derivable forms: silindhraḥ (सिलिन्ध्रः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śilīndhra (शिलीन्ध्र).—n.

(-ndhraṃ) 1. The flower of the plantain tree. 2. Hail. 3. A mushroom. m.

(-ndhraḥ) 1. A sort of tree. 2. A kind of fish; also citraphalaka. f. (-ndhrī) 1. Earth, clay. 2. A small earth-worm. 3. A sort of bird.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śilīndhra (शिलीन्ध्र).—I. m. 1. A sort of tree. 2. A kind of fish. Ii. f. rī. 1. Clay, earth. 2. A small earthworm (cf. śilī, under śila). 3. A sort of bird. Iii. n. 1. Hail (cf. śilā). 2. A mushroom, [Meghadūta, (ed. Gildemeister.)] 11. 3. The flower of the plantain tree.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Śilīndhra (शिलीन्ध्र):—m. (perhaps [from] [accusative] of 1. śilī + dhra = dhara) the plantain tree, Musa Sapientum, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) a kind of fish, Mystus Chitala, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) n. a mushroom, [Harivaṃśa; Kāvya literature] etc. (cf. uc-chil)

4) the flower of the plantain tree, [Śiśupāla-vadha]

5) a kind of jasmine, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) a kind of tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śilīndhra (शिलीन्ध्र):—(ndhraṃ) 1. n. The flower of the plantain tree; hail; mushroom. f.

(-ī) Earth, earthworm; kind of bird. m. Sort of tree, and fish.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Śilīndhra (शिलीन्ध्र) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Siliṃdha.

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śilīṃdhra (ಶಿಲೀಂಧ್ರ):—

1) [noun] = ಶಿಲಿ - [shili -] 4.

2) [noun] any of various rapidly growing, fleshy fungi, typically having a stalk capped with an umbrellalike top; mushroom.

3) [noun] the tree Ochna squarrosa of Ochnaceae family.

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Śiḷīṃdhra (ಶಿಳೀಂಧ್ರ):—

1) [noun] = ಶಿಳೀಮುಖ - [shilimukha -] 1.

2) [noun] any of various rapidly growing, fleshy fungi, typically having a stalk capped with an umbrellalike top; mushroom.

3) [noun] the tree Ochna squarrosa of Ochnaceae family.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Starts with: Shilindhraka.

Ends with: Kodeshilimdhra.

Full-text: Ucchilindhra, Shilimdhra, Silindha, Shilindhraka, Shilindhri, Cilanti.

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