Alternative spellings of this word include Salna.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Salana in Sudan is the name of a plant defined with Acacia nilotica in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Mimosa arabica Lam. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1990)
· Encycl. (Lamarck) (1783)
· First lessons in Oriya. (1912)
· Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica (1775)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1985)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (2006)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Salana, for example extract dosage, diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, side effects, health benefits, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

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

Salana, (nt.) (fr. śal) moving, shaking VvA. 169; DhsA. 62 (in definition of kusala as “kucchitānaṃ salan’ādīhi atthehi kusalaṃ”). (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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sālana (सालन).—

1) The resin of the Sāla tree.

2) Resin in general.

Derivable forms: sālanaḥ (सालनः).

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

Sālana (सालन).—m.

(-naḥ) The resin of the Sal tree.

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

1) Śālana (शालन):—[from śāla] n. (also written sāl) the resin of Vatica Robusta, [Pañcarātra]

2) Sālana (सालन):—See śālana, p. 1067, col. 2.

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

Sālana (सालन):—(naḥ) 1. m. The resin of the Sāl tree.

[Sanskrit to German]

Salana 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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Sālana (सालन):—(nm) meat or fish or vegetable curry.

2) Sālanā (सालना) [Also spelled salna]:—(v) to torment, to torture; to fit a tenon in a mortise.

3) Sālānā (सालाना):—(a) yearly, annual.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śālaṇa (ಶಾಲಣ):—[noun] the resin of the tree Shorea talura.

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Sālaṇa (ಸಾಲಣ):—[noun] the resin of the tree Shorea talura.

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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: Calanakalam, Calananarampu, Calanata, Salanaka, Salanala, Salanalita, Salanay, Salanaya, Shalanama.

Ends with: Agave sisalana, Avakshalana, Dantaprakshalana, Ghusalana, Gusalana, Kshalana, Kusalana, Manahkshalana, Masalana, Misalana, Mukhaprakshalana, Padaprakshalana, Parikshalana, Payukshalana, Phisalana, Phusalana, Prakshalana, Samkshalana, Samprakshalana, Utkshalana.

Full-text: Salan, Salna, Kushala.

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