Shakalahoma, Śākalahoma, Shakala-homa: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śākalahoma can be transliterated into English as Sakalahoma or Shakalahoma, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚākalahoma (शाकलहोम).—a particular kind of oblation; मन्त्रैः शाकलहोमीयैरब्दं हुत्वा घृतं द्विजः (mantraiḥ śākalahomīyairabdaṃ hutvā ghṛtaṃ dvijaḥ) Manusmṛti 11.256.
Derivable forms: śākalahomaḥ (शाकलहोमः).
Śākalahoma is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śākala and homa (होम).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚākalahoma (शाकलहोम).—[masculine] a cert. oblation; mīya [adjective] relating to it.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumSakalahoma (सकलहोम) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—prayoga. ibid.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚākalahoma (शाकलहोम):—[=śākala-homa] [from śākala] m. a [particular] kind of oblation, [ib.]
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: Shakala, Homa.
Full-text: Shakalahomiya.
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