Sashalka, Saśalka: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Saśalka can be transliterated into English as Sasalka or Sashalka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Dharmashastra (religious law)
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)
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.

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
Saśalka (सशल्क).—A kind of fish; Manusmṛti 5.16.
Derivable forms: saśalkaḥ (सशल्कः).
Saśalka (सशल्क).—mfn.
(-lkaḥ-lkā-lkaṃ) Scaly, (as a fish, &c.) E. sa, and śalka scale.
Saśalka (सशल्क).—adj. scaly, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 5, 16.
Saśalka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sa and śalka (शल्क).
Saśalka (सशल्क).—[adjective] furnished with bark or scales; [masculine] a kind of fish.
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.]
Saśalka (सशल्क):—[sa-śalka] (lkaḥ-lkā-lkaṃ) a. Scaly.
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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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
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