The Sanskrit term Sāṅkaḷa can be transliterated into English as Sankala or Sankalia, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Saṅkala (सङ्कल) refers to a “chain (of bones)” (i.e., ‘skeleton’), according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly [as the Nāga kings said to the Bhagavān], “[...] Our bodies crumble to small pieces until the skeleton (asthi-saṃkala) remains. Then, O Bhagavān, we all release rain showers quickly and speedily. If we do not release rain showers rapidly, then, O Bhagavān, all [of us] shall be subject to death. We will die with our children and grand-children”.

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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.

Biology (plants and animals)

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

Sankala in Sierra Leone is the name of a plant defined with Coix lacryma-jobi in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Lithagrostis lachryma-jobi Moench (among others).

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

· Grassland of China (2000)
· Grasses of Ceylon (1956)
· A Botanical Materia Medica (1812)
· Nucleus (1994)
· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum… . (1788)
· Phytochemistry (1989)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Sankala, for example extract dosage, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, side effects, chemical composition, 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

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

sāṅkaḷa (सांकळ).—f Straws, mud &c. as blocking up. See sāṅkara.

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sāṅkaḷā (सांकळा) [or साकळा, sākaḷā].—m Clotted state. v dhara, as raktānēṃ sā0 dharalā. 2 fig. Bound state of the bowels, constipation. v dhara. Ex. pōṭānēṃ sā0 dharalā. Also blocked up state of the bowels: also the blocking up matter (accumulated fӔces).

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

sāṅkaḷa (सांकळ).—f A chain.

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sāṅkaḷā (सांकळा) [or sākaḷā, or साकळा].—m Clotted state. Fig. Constipation.

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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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Śaṅkalā (शङ्कला).—(see s.v. saṃkala, °lā), chain, as name of a mudrā: (Ārya-)Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa 356.22; 370.2; instead of saṅkalā, (causal) chain, normal in Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra, śaṅkalāyāḥ Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 203.7. See also asthi-śaṅkalā, where the question of relationship between the two is discussed.

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Saṅkala (सङ्कल).—and °lā (see also śaṅkalā; AMg. saṅkala, °lā, °liyā; surely connected with Sanskrit śṛṅkhalā, °la; on k:kh see s.v. asthi-śakalā etc.), chain (so Chin. according to Suzuki's Index; Tibetan ḥbrel, ib., joining, connexion); the rendering skeleton or heap of bones, given by Suzuki for Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 97.9 and 273.12, cannot be right, since only asthi-sa° has this meaning; on 97.9 Nanjio alleges support of Chin. and Tibetan for meaning skeleton, but Suzuki's Index groups this with the other refs. under the same Tibetan and Chin., as above: in Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra used of the chain or concatenation of mutual interrelationship: saṃketamātram…anyonyā- pekṣasaṃkalā Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra 202.15; janyam arthaṃ na caivāsti pṛthak pratyaya-saṃkalāt 203.1; usually fem. forms, °lā n. sg. 203.6, stem in composition 203.3, 13; °lāyā(ḥ) 203.4, 5, 7 (śaṅk°), 9, °lām 12, etc.; kṣaṇabheda-saṃkalābaddhāḥ 374.6; saṃkalā-buddhi-(mss., text °buddha- on basis of Tibetan saṅs rgyas, but this is probably an error; orig. possibly baddha ?)-bimbaṃ ca 273.12, compare, also in the vicinity of bimba, 97.9 pudgala-nairātmya-bhāva-svasāmānya-bimba- saṃkalā-nityaduḥkhāśubhalakṣaṇābhiniveśa-pūrvakam evam idam lakṣaṇaṃ nānyatheti paśyataḥ; in both these saṃkalā can only mean chain, (causal) concatenation; cakrapeyāla(q.v.)-saṅkalāt Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya ii.206.11, from the chain of…

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

Saṅkala (सङ्कल).—m.

(-laḥ) 1. Collection, quantity. 2. Addition. E. sam together, kal to number, aff. ac .

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Saṅkalā (सङ्कला).—Aptote. Killing, slaughter.

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Sāṅkala (साङ्कल).—mfn.

(-laḥ-lā-laṃ) Effected or produced by addition, collection, &c. E. saṅkala collection, aff. aṇ .

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

1) Saṅkala (सङ्कल):—[sa-ṅkala] (laḥ) 1. m. Collection; addition.

2) Saṅkalā (सङ्कला):—(lā) ind. Slaughter.

3) Sāṅkala (साङ्कल):—[(laḥ-lā-laṃ) a.] Effected by addition, collection, &c.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Saṃkala (संकल) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Saṃkala.

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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.

Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

1) Saṃkala (संकल) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Saṃkala.

2) Saṃkala (संकल) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Śrṛṅkhala.

3) Saṃkalā (संकला) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Śrṛṅkhala.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Saṃkala (ಸಂಕಲ):—[noun] things gathered together (considered as a unit); a group.

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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)

Partial matches: Sam, Kala, Shan, Can.

Starts with: Cankalai, Cankalaikkinaru, Cankalam, Cankalanam, Cankalar, Samkalana, Sankaladanda, Sankalaha, Sankalakara, Sankalan, Sankalanakarta, Sankalanem, Sankalankarta, Sankalapura, Sankalariti.

Ends with: Asamkala, Asthishankala, Utsankala.

Full-text: Samkala, Shrrinkhala, Asthishakala, Asthishakalikrita, Asthisamkalika, Asthisamkalibhuta, Samkalikacurna, Asthishankala, Sankali, Shrinkhalika, Sankalanem, Dadhasankhala, Samkalana, Asthi, Shakala.

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