Alternative spellings of this word include Phalachamasa.

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

Phalacamasa (फलचमस).—m.

(-saḥ) The bark of the Indian fig, ground and eaten with curds, by way of penance.

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

1) Phalacamasa (फलचमस):—[=phala-camasa] [from phala > phal] m. a cup containing pounded figs (with young leaves and sour milk instead of Soma), [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra [Scholiast or Commentator]; Jaimini]

2) [v.s. ...] (others ‘ground bark of the Indian fig-tree with sour milk’).

3) Phālacamasa (फालचमस):—[=phāla-camasa] [from phāla > phal] n. (?) a [particular] part of the ploughshare, [Kauśika-sūtra]

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

Phalacamasa (फलचमस):—[phala-camasa] (saṃ) 1. n. Bark of fig-tree

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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.

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Partial matches: Camasa, Phala.

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