Shalakavritti, Śalākāvṛtti: 2 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śalākāvṛtti can be transliterated into English as Salakavrtti or Shalakavritti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryŚalākāvṛtti (शलाकावृत्ति).—f. or nt. (Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya ms. śilākā°, always; Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya °vṛtti, nt. as adj. with or sc. durbhikṣam), lit. stick- operation, name of a kind of famine: Divyāvadāna 131.21 (see s.v. cañcu); 132.3 śalākāvṛttir nāma tasmin kāle manuṣyāḥ khalu vilebhyo dhānyaguḍakāni śalākayākṛṣya bahūdaka- sthālyāṃ kvāthayitvā pivanti; iyaṃ śalākāsaṃbaddhatvāc chalākāvṛttir ity ucyate; similarly Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya i.250.16 ff.; see line 8 with note.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚalākāvṛtti (शलाकावृत्ति):—[=śalākā-vṛtti] [from śalākā > śal] n. famine of a [particular] kind, [Divyāvadāna]
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Partial matches: Salaka, Vritti.
Full-text: Salakavutta, Cancu.
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