The Sanskrit terms Salaḷa and Śalala can be transliterated into English as Salala or Salalia or Shalala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Pali-English dictionary

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

Salaḷa, a kind of sweet-scented tree J. V, 420; Bu II. 51= J. I, 13; Vv 35⁵; VvA. 162; Miln. 338; M. II, 184. (Page 698)

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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.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

saḷāḷa (सळाळ).—m (Intens. of saḷasaḷa q. v.) A very loud noise of ebullition; a violent throbbing, thrilling, itching, glowing, tingling &c. 2 A loud hissing; an angry roaring &c.

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śalala (शलल).—[śal-alac Uṇādi-sūtra 1.98] The quill of a porcupine; Mahābhārata (Bombay) 7.45.2.

-lī 1 The quill of a porcupine.

2) A small porcupine.

Derivable forms: śalalam (शललम्).

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

Śalala (शलल).—nf. (-laṃ-lī) The quill of a porcupine. E. śal to go, to project, aff. kalac, fem. aff. ṅīṣ .

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

Śalala (शलल).— (cf. śala), n., and f. lī, The quill of a porcupine, Pāraskara, Gṛ. S. ii. 1, in Journ. of the German Oriental Society, vii. 532 (lī).

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

Śalala (शलल).—[neuter] lī [feminine] quill of a porcupine or bristle of a hog.

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

1) Śalala (शलल):—[from śal] a n. the quill of a porcupine ([probably] also = a boar’s bristle), [Mahābhārata; Bhartṛhari]

2) [v.s. ...] m. a porcupine, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) b śalākā etc. See p. 1058, col. 3, and [column] 1 above.

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

Śalala (शलल):—[(laṃ-la)] 1. n. 3. f. The quill of a porcupine.

[Sanskrit to German]

Salala 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śalala (ಶಲಲ):—[noun] = ಶಲ - [shala -] 2 & 3.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Calalam, Salalaba, Salalagara, Salalaghara, Salalamaliya, Salalamandapiya, Salalanem, Salalapupphiya, Salalatthi, Salalavati, Shalalacancu, Shalalakshana.

Ends with: Asalala, Chitsalala, Ntsalala.

Full-text: Shalalacancu, Calalam, Shallaka, Shalalita, Sarala, Callam, Labuja, Shalali, Sharavati, Salalapupphiya, Padumuttara Buddha, Salalagara, Salasala, Camaram, Ekadipiya, Sama, Padumuttara, Abhaya, Kimbila.

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