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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[«previous next»] — Shalakavritti in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Śalākāvṛtti (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 Dictionary

Śalākāvṛtti (शलाकावृत्ति):—[=śalākā-vṛtti] [from śalākā > śal] n. famine of a [particular] kind, [Divyāvadāna]

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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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