Salani, Sāḷaṇī, Sālaṇī, Shalani: 6 definitions
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Salani means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit term Sāḷaṇī can be transliterated into English as Salani or Saliani, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Shalani in India is the name of a plant defined with Desmodium gangeticum in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Meibomia gangetica (L.) Kuntze (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1990)
· Journal of the Arnold Arboretum (1963)
· Nouveau Bulletin des Sciences, (1812)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1805)
· Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden (1994)
· Prodromus Stirpium in Horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium (1796)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Shalani, for example side effects, extract dosage, diet and recipes, health benefits, chemical composition, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarysāḷaṇī (साळणी).—f (Verbal of sāḷaṇēṃ) Paring, shaving, clipping off &c.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚālānī (शालानी).—f. (-nī) A shrub, (Hedysarum gangeticum.) E. śāla the Sal tree, āṅ before nī to get, (to resemble in the leaf,) aff. kvip .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚālānī (शालानी):—[from śāla] f. the shrub Hedysarum Gangeticum, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚālānī (शालानी):—(nī) 3. f. A shrub, Hedysarum.
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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.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Calani, Calaniti, Shalaniryasa, Shalaniryyasa.
Ends with: Calani, Masalani, Misalani, Phemsalani, Pisalani, Samprakshalani, Usalani.
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