Shilaja, Śilāja, Śilājā, Shila-ja: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Śilāja and Śilājā can be transliterated into English as Silaja or Shilaja, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭuŚilājā (शिलाजा) is another name for Śvetaśilā, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 5.43-44 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Śilājā and Śvetaśilā, there are a total of seven Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
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.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚilāja (शिलाज).—a. fossil, mineral. (-jam) 1 bitumen.
2) benzoin.
3) petroleum.
4) iron.
5) any fossil production.
Śilāja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śilā and ja (ज).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚilāja (शिलाज).—mfn.
(-jaḥ-jā-jaṃ) Produced in a mountain or rock, fossile, mineral. n.
(-jaṃ) 1. Storaz or Benzoin, the resins of the Styrax benzoinum or S. officinale, which are usually confounded by the Hindus. 2. Iron. E. śilā a rock, and ja born; the balsams being supposed to be fossile productions, and to exude from the soil of mountainous places; being confounded with bitumen or petroleum.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śilāja (शिलाज):—[=śilā-ja] [from śilā] mfn. produced in a rock or mountain, mineral, [Horace H. Wilson]
2) [v.s. ...] n. bitumen, [Suśruta]
3) [v.s. ...] iron, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] benzoin, storax, [Horace H. Wilson]
5) [v.s. ...] petroleum, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
6) [v.s. ...] any fossil production, [ib.] (cf. śila-ja below).
7) Śilaja (शिलज):—[=śila-ja] [from śila > śilā] n. bitumen, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. śilā-ja)
8) Śilajā (शिलजा):—[=śila-jā] [from śila-ja > śila > śilā] f. a [particular] medicinal substance, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚilāja (शिलाज):—[śilā-ja] (jaṃ) 1. n. Storax or benzoin; iron.
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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: Shila, Ja, Cila.
Starts with: Shilajatu, Shilajatukalpa, Shilajatvadi.
Full-text: Shilakusuma, Calalinga, Shvetashila.
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