Salavana, Sālavana, Sala-vana, Shalavana: 8 definitions

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Salavana means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

[«previous next»] — Salavana in Purana glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Sālavana (सालवन).—In Bhadrāśva, where are mango trees; complexion of men here is white, and women kumuda; their age 10,000 years.*

  • * Vāyu-purāṇa 43. 6-9.
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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Śālavana (शालवन) refers to a “forest of Śāla [So-lo] trees”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 41).—Accordingly, “[The eighteen āveṇika-dharmas (‘special attributes’)]— [...] (6). The Buddha has no unconsidered equanimity.—He has no unconsidered equanimity.—[...] When, as a Bodhisattva, he was in his mother’s womb, his mother loved solitude as well, and it was at forty li from the capital, in the forest of Lumbinīvana she gave birth to him. When the Buddha attained Bodhi, it was in the forest of Uruvilvāvana alone, at the foot of a tree that he became Buddha. When he turned the wheel of the Dharma for the first time, it was also at Ṛṣipatana in the forest of Mṛgadāva. When he entered nirvāṇa, it was in the forest of So-lo trees (Śālavana) under two trees. Thus, during the long night (dīrgharātra), he liked to practice solitude: this is why he entered into concentration. [...]”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

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India history and geography

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical Glossary

Sa-lavaṇa.—(EI 12), ‘together with salt (i. e. the right to enjoy salt produced in the land). Cf. a-lavaṇa-khātaka, etc. Note: sa-lavaṇa is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Salavana in Pali glossary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

sālavana : (nt.) a Sal grove.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Sālavana refers to: Sal grove D. II, 134; M. I, 124; S. I, 157; Vv 392. (Page 706)

Note: sālavana is a Pali compound consisting of the words sāla and vana.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

sāḷavaṇa (साळवण) [or न, na].—n (śālī & tṛṇa) Rice-straw.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

1) Śālavana (शालवन):—[=śāla-vana] [from śāla] See bhadra-śāla-vana.

2) Salavaṇa (सलवण):—[=sa-lavaṇa] [from sa > sa-lakṣa] mfn. with salt, [Varāha-mihira’s Yogayātrā]

3) [v.s. ...] n. tin (?), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) Sālavana (सालवन):—[=sāla-vana] See bhadra-s.

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Salavana 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.

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