Shali, Sali, Sāli, Śāli: 34 definitions

Introduction
In Hinduism
In Buddhism
In Jainism
1. General definition
Biology
Languages
1. Pali
2. Marathi
3. Sanskrit
4. Hindi
5. Prakrit
6. Kannada
7. Tamil
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Introduction:

Shali means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Marathi, Hindi, biology, Tamil. 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 Śāli can be transliterated into English as Sali or Shali, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Rasashastra (Alchemy and Herbo-Mineral preparations)

Source: archive.org: Rasa-Jala-Nidhi: Or Ocean of indian chemistry and alchemy

Shali rice—a kind of rice having a white coating. (see Bhudeb Mookerji and his Rasajalanidhi)

Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)

Source: Shodhganga: Dietetics and culinary art in ancient and medieval India

Śāli (शालि) refers to “rice” and is classified as a type of grain (dhānya) in the section on śūkadhānya (awned grains) in the Bhojanakutūhala (dravyaguṇāguṇa-kathana), and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as Pākaśāstra or Pākakalā.—The author explains the characteristics and the properties of various food grains (dhānyas). [...] The section śūkadhānya includes the varieties and properties of rice (śāli), wheat (godhūma) and barley (yava).

In the Śāli or “rice varieties” group of foodstuffs, the following substances are beneficial (hita) to the body: Lohita-śāli and Ṣaṣṭikā-śāli.

Cikitsa (natural therapy and treatment for medical conditions)

Source: Ancient Science of Life: Botanical identification of plants described in Mādhava Cikitsā

Śāli (शालि) or Taṇḍula refers to the medicinal plant Oryza sativa L., and is used in the treatment of atisāra (diarrhoea), according to the 7th century Mādhavacikitsā chapter 2. Atisāra refers to a condition where there are three or more loose or liquid stools (bowel movements) per day or more stool than normal. The second chapter of the Mādhavacikitsā explains several preparations [including Śāli] through 60 Sanskrit verses about treating this problem.

Unclassified Ayurveda definitions

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

1) Śāli (शालि) is a Sanskrit word for a group of species of rice (śāli), idintified by Caraka in his Carakasaṃhitā sūtrasthāna (chapter 27), a classical Ayurvedic work. Śāli forms a sub-group of the Śūkadhānyavarga collection of medicinal plants, referring to the “group of awned grains”. Caraka defined such groups (vargas) based on the dietic value of the plant.

Śāli is said to have to following species of rice being superior in quality:

Raktaśāli,
Mahāśāli,
Kalama,
Śakunāhṛta,
Tūrṇaka,
Dīrghaśūka,
Pāṇḍuka,
Lāṅgūla,
Sugandhaka,
Lohavāla,
Sāriva,
Pramoda,
Paṭaṅga,
Tapanīya.

And the following species of rice are to be inferior in quality:

Yavaka,
Hāyana,
Pāṃśuvāpya,
Naiṣadhaka.

2) Śāli (शालि) is a Sanskrit word referring to “rice”, a species of plant from the Poaceae/Gramineae (grasses) family. It is also known by its synonym names Dhānya and Vrīhi. It is used throughout Ayurvedic literature such as the Caraka-saṃhitā and the Suśruta-saṃhitā. The official botanical name is Oryza sativa but is commonly referred to in English as “Asian rice”, “Paddy” or simply “rice”. The word Śāli can also refer to any grain of a similar character to rice

This plant (Oryza sativa) is possibly idintified with Raktaśālī, which is mentioned as a medicine used for the treatment of all major fevers (jvara). It is described in the Jvaracikitsā (or “the treatment of fever”) which forms the first chapter of the Sanskrit work called Mādhavacikitsā. In this work, the plant has another synonym, known as Tuaṇḍula.

Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)

Śāli (शालि) refers to “rice”, mentioned in verse 3.51, 4.20-22, 29-31 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] the choler accumulated in the rainy season gets irritated in autumn. [...] When hungry, one shall turn to bitter, sweet, astringent, and light food, rice [viz., śāli], mung-beans, white sugar, Emblic myrobalans, wild snake-gourds, honey, and game; to water (that is) heated by the beams of the hot-rayed one (and) cooled by the beams of the cold-rayed one, [...]”

Note: Śāli (“rice”) has been translated by ’bras-chan (“boiled rice”); cf. v. 30 & 4.21.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Śāli (शालि).—A maharṣi in the lineage of Gurus (preceptors). See under Guruparamparā.

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Śāli (शालि) refers to a type of plant, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.2.21. Accordingly as Brahmā narrated to Nārada:—“[...] When Kāma (God of Love) reached the vicinity of Śiva, Spring spread all his splendour in accord with the inclination of the lord. [...] The mango trees and the Śāli plants shining like mild fire shone like the open couches for the flowery arrows of Kāma”.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1a) Śāli (शालि).—A pupil of Kṛta.^*

* Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 35. 53.

1b) (śāleyataṇḍula): a kind of rice for śrāddha.^*

* Matsya-purāṇa 15. 35; 55. 18; 70. 43.

1c) A sage.^*

* Matsya-purāṇa 196. 27.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Pancaratra (worship of Nārāyaṇa)

Source: archive.org: Isvara Samhita Vol 5

Śāli (शालि) refers to “rice” and represents one of the seven village-corns that are fit for food-offerings according to verse 25.57 of the Īśvarasaṃhitā, dealing with the classification of the places for building the fire-pits (kuṇḍa). Accordingly, “rice (śāli), green gram (mudga), barley (yava), black gram (māṣa), wheat (godhūma), priyaṅgu (panic seed) and seasamum (tila)—these seven grown in the village are to be taken in the work of preparation of caru... Śāli is important among them. Others are to be taken in its absence or that of others”.

There are ten kinds of rice (śāli) defined in verses 60b-61:

raktaśāli,
mahāśākya,
kalama or kalamaśāli,
gandhaśāli,
śvetaśāli,
saśūka,
hemābha,
garbhaśāli,
sukumāra,
sūkṣma or sūkṣmaśāli,

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Pancaratra (पाञ्चरात्र, pāñcarātra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.

Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Śāli (शालि) refers to a particular type of crop, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 8), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “When Jupiter (bṛhaspati) reappears at the beginning of the constellation of Dhaniṣṭhā in the month of Māgha, the first year of the cycle of 60 years of Jupiter known as Prabhava commences. [...] The next year is known as Vibhava the third as Śukla, the fourth as Pramoda, and the fifth as Prajāpati: in each of these years mankind will be happier than in the next preceding year. In the same four years there will be good growth of the Śālī crop, of sugarcane, of barley and other crops in the land; mankind will be freed from all fears and they will live at peace, in happiness and without the vices of the Kaliyuga”.

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Addaiyan Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences: Tantra Literature of Kerala- Special Reference to Mātṛsadbhāva

Śālī (शाली) or “pady” refers to one of various seeds used in Bījāṅkurārpaṇa, according to the Mātṛsadbhāva, one of the earliest Śākta Tantras from Kerala.—Mātṛsadbhāva is a Kerala Tantric ritual manual dealing with the worship of Goddess Bhadrakālī (also known as Rurujit) along with sapta-mātṛs or Seven mothers. [...] There are many descriptions about the flora and fauna in Mātṛssadbhāva. Different types of Seeds, dhātūs, metals, etc. are describing in this text. In the seventh chapter of Mātṛsadbhāva is describing the bījāṅkurārpaṇa part, tells seven types seeds need to be used [e.g., śālī].

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Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and Subjects

Śāli (शालि) a later word for ‘rice’, is conjectured by Roth to be the equivalent of Śāri in the word Śāriśākā in the Atharvaveda.

In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

Only son of Dutthagamani. He renounced the throne and married Asokamala, a Candala girl (Mv.xxxiii.1f). In his previous birth he had been a smith, named Tissa, in Mundaganga, and his wife was Naga (Sumana). The couple gave a meal with pork to eight arahants, (for their names see MT.606) led by Dhammadinna Thera of Talangatissapabbata. It is said that on the day of birth the whole of Ceylon was filled with paddy, hence his name.

Sali was very pious, and all the revenues given to him by his father he gave away in charity. He kept the fast days in the Issarasamana vihara and built the Salipabbata vihara (MT.606).

He will be the son of Metteyya Buddha in his next birth. MT.xxxii.83. See also Ras.ii.114f.

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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: BDK Tripiṭaka: The Susiddhikara-sūtra

Śāli (शालि) refers to “ordinary nonglutinous rice”, as mentioned in Chapter 12 (“offering food”) of the Susiddhikara-sūtra. Accordingly, “Dishes of [ordinary] nonglutinous rice (śāli), dishes of nonglutinous rice that ripens in sixty days (ṣaṣṭika), dishes of barley cooked with milk, dishes of self-sown nonglutinous rice, and dishes of Indian corn: offer as prescribed that which should be offered”.

When you wish to offer food [viz., śāli], first cleanse the ground, sprinkle scented water all around, spread out on the ground leaves that have been washed clean, such as lotus leaves, palāśa (dhak) leaves, and leaves from lactescent trees, or new cotton cloth, and then set down the oblatory dishes. [...] First smear and sprinkle the ground and then spread the leaves; wash your hands clean, rinse out your mouth several times, swallow some water, and then you should set down the food [viz., śāli]. [...]

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Buddhism

Sāli (सालि)—One of the field-crops mentioned in the Jātakas.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: archive.org: Jaina Yoga

Śāli (शालि, “rice”) refers to one of the seventeen varieties of dhānya (“grain”) according to Śvetāmbara tradition and listed in Hemacandra’s 12th century Yogaśāstra (verse 3.95). Dhānya represents one of the classes of the external (bahya) division of attachment (parigraha) and is related to the Aparigraha-vrata (vow of non-attachment).

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Sali [साळी] in the Marathi language is the name of a plant identified with Boswellia serrata Roxb. ex Colebr. from the Burseraceae (Torchwood) family having the following synonyms: Boswellia glabra, Boswellia thurifera, Bursera thurifera. For the possible medicinal usage of sali, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

Sali in the Kannada language is the name of a plant identified with Aporosa cardiosperma (Gaertn.) Merr. from the Phyllanthaceae (Amla) family having the following synonyms: Aporosa lindleyana, Scepa lindleyana.

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Sali in India is the name of a plant defined with Aporosa cardiosperma in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Croton cardiospermus Gaertn. (among others).

2) Sali is also identified with Oryza sativa It has the synonym Oryza sativa var. elongata Desv. (etc.).

3) Sali is also identified with Plecospermum spinosum It has the synonym Trophis spinosa Roxb. ex Willd. (etc.).

4) Sali in Thailand is also identified with Triticum aestivum It has the synonym Zeia vulgaris var. aestiva (L.) Lunell (etc.).

5) Sali is also identified with Zea mays It has the synonym Zea mays subsp. sacharata (Sturtev.) Zhuk. (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1889)
· Phytologia (1978)
· Japanese Journal of Genetics (1991)
· Flora (1864)
· Flora de Filipinas ed. 1 (1837)
· Taxon (2000)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Sali, for example chemical composition, pregnancy safety, diet and recipes, side effects, health benefits, extract dosage, have a look at these references.

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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

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

sāli : (m.) a good kind of rice.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Sāli, (cp. Sk. śāli) rice D. I, 105, 230; II, 293; Vin. IV, 264; M. I, 57; A. I, 32, 145; III, 49; IV, 108 (+yavaka), 231; S. V, 10, 48; J. I, 66, 178; IV, 276; V, 37; VI, 531; Miln. 251; Sn. 240 sq.; Vism. 418; pl. °-iyo J. I, 325; Gen. pl. °-inaṃ J. VI, 510.—lohitaka° red rice Miln. 252.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

śaḷī (शळी).—f Formed by rapid utterance from saḷaī. 2 A porcupine-quill.

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śāli (शालि).—m f S Rice (in the husk), Oryza sativa.

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śālī (शाली).—a (S) Shining, refulgent, or radiant with; conspicuous, distinguished, or eminent for; rich, strong, or abounding in. Only in comp. and thus copiously and elegantly. Ex. abhimānaśālī or mānaśālī Nobleminded, highminded, magnanimous, loftyspirited; ūrmiśālī & taraṅgaśālī Glowing or abounding with waves;--epithet of the ocean; audāryaśālī Generous, liberal, munificent; karuṇāśālī Compassionate, pitiful, merciful; gandhaśālī Richscented; highly fragrant or odoriferous;--epithet of the wind or air; jvālā- śālī Blazing or highflaming;--epithet of fire; kṛpā-kauśalya-guṇa-tapa-dāna-daiva-dharma-parākrama-pallava-puṇya -puṣpa-bala-bhāgya-bhōga-vidyā-vīrya-vairāgya-śaurya-jñāna -śālī.

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saḷī (सळी).—f Commonly and properly saḷaī.

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sālī (साली).—f (śyālī S through H) A wife's sister.

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sāḷī (साळी).—f (Or sāḷa. śāli S) Uncleaned rice. 2 A small gummous tree, Boswellia glabra. Rox.

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sāḷī (साळी).—m A class of weavers (in cotton or silk) or an individual of it. Pr. sāḷyācī gāya māḷyācēṃ vāsarūṃ Used where things wanted are gathered from all quarters.

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sāḷī (साळी).—f (sāḷā) A wife's sister.

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sāḷī (साळी).—f (śalya or sallakī S) A porcupine.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

śāli (शालि).—m f Rice.

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śālī (शाली).—a Shining with, distinguished or eminent for. Only in comp. abhimāna- śālī Nobleminded, lofty-spirited. audāryaśālī Generous, liberal. karuṇāśālī Compassionate, merciful &c.

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sāḷī (साळी).—m A class of weavers. f A wife's sister. A porcupine.

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śalī (शली).—f. A small porcupine.

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Śāli (शालि).—

1) Rice; न शालेः स्तम्बकरिता वप्तुर्गुणमपेक्षते (na śāleḥ stambakaritā vapturguṇamapekṣate) Mu.1.3; यवाः प्रकीर्णा न भवन्ति शालयः (yavāḥ prakīrṇā na bhavanti śālayaḥ) Mṛcchakaṭika 4.17.

2) The civet-cat.

Derivable forms: śāliḥ (शालिः).

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Śālī (शाली).—(from śyālī) A wife's sister.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śāli (शालि).—n. (-li) 1. Rice in general, but especially in two classes; one like white rice growing in deep water, and the other a red sort, requiring only a moist soil; there are a great many varieties of this grain. 3. The civet or pole cat. E. śāḍ to float or swim, aff. in, and ḍa changed to la .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śāli (शालि).—m. 1. Rice, [Pañcatantra] 163, 23. 2. The civet or polecat.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śāli (शालि).—[masculine] sgl. & [plural] rice.

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Salī (सली).—cling or stick close to ([accusative]), find room in ([locative]); hide, be concealed; stoop, cower, contract. — Cf. abhilīna, avalīna ([additions]), ālīna, ni/līna ([additions]), pralīna, vilīna, saṃlīna.

Salī is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sa and lī (ली).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Śalī (शली):—[from śala > śal] f. See below.

2) Śāli (शालि):—[from śāla] 1. śāli (for 2. See p. 1068, col. 1), in [compound] for śālin.

3) Śālī (शाली):—[from śāla] a f. a kind of plant (= kṛṣṇa-jīraka), [Horace H. Wilson]

4) Śāli (शालि):—2. śāli m. ([according to] to some also f.; for 1. See p. 1067, col. 2) rice (often varieties), any grain of a similar character to rice, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.

5) the civet-cat, pole-cat, [Harṣacarita] (?), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

6) Name of a Yakṣa (who was transformed into a lion; cf. śāli-vāhana below)

7) [plural] grains of rice, rice, [Rāmāyaṇa]

8) Śālī (शाली):—1. śālī f. Nigella Indica, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

9) 2. śālī f. ([probably] Prākṛt for śyālī; cf. śyāla) a wife’s sister (See [compound])

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śāli (शालि):—(liḥ) 2. n. Rice; polecat.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Śāli (शालि) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Sāli.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shali in German

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

1) Śālī (शाली):——used as an adjectival suffix to mean one who or that which has or possesses (e.g. [balaśālī, saṃpattiśālī], etc.).

2) Sālī (साली):—(nf) a sister-in-law—wife’s sister; a term of abuse (addressed to women).

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Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

1) Sāli (सालि) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Śāli.

2) Sāli (सालि) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Śālin.

3) Sālī (साली) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Śyālī.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śāli (ಶಾಲಿ):—

1) [adjective] having to do with the home or housekeeping; of the house or family; domestic.

2) [adjective] possessing a house.

3) [adjective] possessing. abounding in, etc.

4) [adjective] lustrous; brilliant.

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Śāli (ಶಾಲಿ):—

1) [noun] the aquatic grass Oryza sativa, grown widely for its grain, which forms a staple food in most of the countries; rice.

2) [noun] the rice grain.

3) [noun] any of several nocturnal, catlike carnivores of Viverridae family with spotted, yellowish fur, which is valued for its musky secretion; a civet cat.

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Śāḷi (ಶಾಳಿ):—

1) [noun] the aquatic grass Oryza sativa, grown wide for its grain, which forms a staple food in most of the countries; rice.

2) [noun] the rice grain.

3) [noun] any of several nocturnal, cat-like carnivores of Viverridae family with spotted, yellowish fur, which is valued for its musky excretion; a civet cat.

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Saḷi (ಸಳಿ):—

1) [verb] to lose one’s natural properties (as colour, energy, disposition etc.) 2) to become tired, fatigued, exhausted.

2) [verb] to lose one’s temperature; to become cool.

3) [verb] (a tooth) to have a sudden, sharp pain (as from sourness).

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Saḷi (ಸಳಿ):—

1) [noun] 'absence of heat; lack of warmth: a low temperature.'2) [noun] the icy crystals that form directly on a freezing surface as moist air contacts it; frost; ice.

3) [noun] the sensation of cold felt by a person having fever.

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Saḷi (ಸಳಿ):—[noun] a length of metal rod of relatively smaller diameter of thickness.

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Sāli (ಸಾಲಿ):—[noun] = ಸಾಲೆ [sale]2.

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Sāli (ಸಾಲಿ):—[noun] = ಸಾಲೆ [sale]3.

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Sāḷi (ಸಾಳಿ):—

1) [noun] a cloth in gen.

2) [noun] sari, a garment worn by Indian women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder.

3) [noun] a sub-caste among weavers.

4) [noun] a kind of lose-textured cloth.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Śāli (ஶாலி) noun < śāli. A superior species of paddy. See சாலி¹ [sali¹], 1.

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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