Shalkaja, Śalkaja, Shalka-ja: 1 definition
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Shalkaja means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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 Śalkaja can be transliterated into English as Salkaja or Shalkaja, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Source: Research Gate: On Fish in Manasollasa (c. 1131 AD)Shalkaja refers to “scaly fish”, according to the Mānasollāsa or Abhilaṣitārthachintāmaṇi, an ancient 12th-century Sanskrit text describing thirty-five kinds of marine and fresh water fishes.—In all 35 names have been given by Someshvardeva with minimal information on their habitat (marine or fresh water), presence or absence of scales (carmaja–scaleless; shalkaja–scaly), and size (large, medium, small). Even this information is not given for each fish. As pointed out before the Western Chalukya empire included people who spoke Kannada, Marathi, and Telugu.
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.
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