Mahashalka, Mahāśalka, Maha-shalka: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Mahāśalka can be transliterated into English as Mahasalka or Mahashalka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryMahāśalka (महाशल्क).—a kind of seacrab or prawn; Manusmṛti 3.272.
Derivable forms: mahāśalkaḥ (महाशल्कः).
Mahāśalka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and śalka (शल्क).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahāśalka (महाशल्क).—m.
(-lkaḥ) A prawn or shrimp. E. mahā large, śalka a scale.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahāśalka (महाशल्क).—m. a prawn or shrimp, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 3, 272.
Mahāśalka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms mahā and śalka (शल्क).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahāśalka (महाशल्क).—[masculine] a kind of sea-crab.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Mahāśalka (महाशल्क):—[=mahā-śalka] [from mahā > mah] m. ‘large-scaled’, a kind of prawn or sea crab, [Manu-smṛti; Yājñavalkya]
2) Mahāśalkā (महाशल्का):—[=mahā-śalkā] [from mahā-śalka > mahā > mah] f. a kind of sweet citron, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryMahāśalka (महाशल्क):—[mahā-śalka] (lkaḥ) 1. m. A prawn.
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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: Shalka, Maha.
Starts with: Mahashalkalin.
Full-text: Loha.
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