The Sanskrit term Saśalka can be transliterated into English as Sasalka or Sashalka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Dharmashastra (religious law)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-śāstra

Saśalka (सशल्क) is a Sanskrit word referring to “fish covered with shell-like skin”. The word is used throughout Dharmaśāstra literature such as the Manusmṛti. (also see the Manubhāṣya verse 5.16)

Source: Prācyā: Animals and animal products as reflected in Smṛti texts

Śaśalka (शशल्क) refers to a fish-species.—Manusmṛti I.44 includes fishes among aquatic creatures and states they are oviparous. It states that they are not to be rejected if offered voluntarily IV.250. Manusmṛti VIII.95 states that fish bones are harmful if swallowed unaware along with its flesh. The Smṛtis also mention several species of fishes [like Śaśalka].

The Manusmṛti permits that Siṃhatuṇḍaka, Śaśalka and Rājīva can be eaten on all occasions while the fishes namely Rohita and Pāṭhīna are to be eaten after offering them to the gods.

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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

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Saśalka (सशल्क).—A kind of fish; Manusmṛti 5.16.

Derivable forms: saśalkaḥ (सशल्कः).

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

Saśalka (सशल्क).—mfn.

(-lkaḥ-lkā-lkaṃ) Scaly, (as a fish, &c.) E. sa, and śalka scale.

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

Saśalka (सशल्क).—adj. scaly, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 5, 16.

Saśalka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sa and śalka (शल्क).

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

Saśalka (सशल्क).—[adjective] furnished with bark or scales; [masculine] a kind of fish.

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

1) Saśalka (सशल्क):—[=sa-śalka] [from sa > sa-śakala] mfn. having bark or rind or scales, [Gautama-dharma-śāstra]

2) Saśālka (सशाल्क):—[=sa-śālka] [from sa-śalka > sa > sa-śakala] m. ‘scaly’, a kind of fish, [Manu-smṛti v, 16.]

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

Saśalka (सशल्क):—[sa-śalka] (lkaḥ-lkā-lkaṃ) a. Scaly.

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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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Partial matches: Shalka, Sha, Ca.

Full-text: Shalyaka, Gargara.

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