The Sanskrit term Mahāśāli can be transliterated into English as Mahasali or Mahashali, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Mahāśāli (रक्तशालि, “large rice”) is a Sanskrit word for a species of rice (śāli) which is said to have a superior quality, according to Caraka in his Carakasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna (chapter 27), a classical Ayurvedic work. The word mahā means “great” or “large”. The plant Raktaśāli is part of the Śūkadhānyavarga group of medicinal plants, referring to the “group of awned grains”. Caraka defined such groups (vargas) based on the dietic value of the plant.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: Google Books: The Life of Hiuen-Tsiang

This rice (Mahāśāli) is as large as the black bean, and when cooked is aromatic and shining, like no other rice at all. It grows only in Māgadha, and nowhere else. It is offered only to the king or to religious persons of great distinction; and hence the name kung-ta-jin-mei (i.e., “rice offered to the great householder”).

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Mahasali in India is the name of a plant defined with Oryza sativa in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Oryza sativa var. flavoacies Kara-Murza ex Zhuk. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Physis. Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales (1933)
· Chin. J. Rice Sci. (1996)
· Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1889)
· Aspects of Plant Sciences (1989)
· Notulae ad Plantas Asiaticas (1851)
· Acta Genetica Sinica (1990)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Mahasali, for example extract dosage, chemical composition, side effects, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, health benefits, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Mahāśāli (महाशालि).—a kind of large and sweetsmelling rice.

Derivable forms: mahāśāliḥ (महाशालिः).

Mahāśāli is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and śāli (शालि).

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

Mahāśāli (महाशालि).—m.

(-liḥ) A fragrant sort of rice. E. mahā large, chief, śāli rice

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

Mahāśāli (महाशालि):—[=mahā-śāli] [from mahā > mah] m. a kind of large rice, [Suśruta]

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

Mahāśāli (महाशालि):—[mahā-śāli] (liḥ) 2. m. Fragrant rice.

[Sanskrit to German]

Mahashali in German

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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

Mahāśāli (ಮಹಾಶಾಲಿ):—[noun] a kind of fragrant paddy.

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Mahāśāḷi (ಮಹಾಶಾಳಿ):—[noun] = ಮಹಾಶಾಲಿ [mahashali].

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Shali, Maha.

Starts with: Mahashalika, Mahashalina.

Full-text: Sthulashali, Sthulatandula, Shukadhanyavarga, Shali.

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The Garuda Purana (by Manmatha Nath Dutt)

Chapter CCXXVII - Different names of the Ayurvedic Drugs < [Dhanvantari Samhita]

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Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)

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Sushruta Samhita, volume 1: Sutrasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)

Chapter XLVI - Diet articles and regimen of diet

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