The Sanskrit term Niḥśalāka can be transliterated into English as Nihsalaka or Nihshalaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Dharmashastra (religious law)

Niḥśalāka (निःशलाक) refers to “solitary place” (free from grass or such other places of concealment). The word is used throughout Dharmaśāstra literature such as the Manusmṛti. (also see the Manubhāṣya verse 7.147)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-śāstra

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Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Niḥśalāka (निःशलाक).—a. Lonely, solitary; अरण्ये निःशलाके वा मन्त्रयेदविभावितः (araṇye niḥśalāke vā mantrayedavibhāvitaḥ) Manusmṛti 7.147.

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Niḥśalāka (निःशलाक).—mfn.

(-kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) Solitary, private. E. niḥ for nir privative, and śalākā the maina; not even frequented by birds; also niśśalāka.

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

Niḥśalākā (निःशलाका).—. adj. (properly, free from the birds called Turdus gosalica), lonely, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 7, 147.

Niḥśalākā is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms nis and śalākā (शलाका).

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

Niḥśalāka (निःशलाक).—[adjective] free from (high) grass (a forest).

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

Niḥśalāka (निःशलाक):—[=niḥ-śalāka] [from niḥ] mfn. free from grass etc., lonely, solitary, [Manu-smṛti vii, 147.]

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

Niḥśalāka (निःशलाक):—[niḥ-śalāka] (kaḥ-kā-kaṃ) a. Solitary.

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

Niḥśalāka (निःशलाक):—(nis + śalākā) adj. frei von Predigerkrähen, von wo Nichts verrathen wird, geheim [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 1, 22.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 742.] [Halāyudha 4, 23.] giripṛṣṭhaṃ samāruhya prāsādaṃ vā rahogataḥ . araṇye niḥśalāke vā mantrayedavibhavitaḥ .. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 147] [?(= Mahābhārata 5, 1415). Mahābhārata 15, 192.] deśa [12, 12577.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Niḥśalāka (निःशलाक):—Adj. nicht mit hohem Grase (in dem Jmd versteckt sein kann) versehen.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

context information

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 (+0): Salaka, Nih, Calaka, Nish, Nikaya.

Full-text (+0): Ayahkantashalaka, Calaka.

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