Shalmaliphalaka, Śālmalīphalaka, Shalmali-phalaka: 3 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śālmalīphalaka can be transliterated into English as Salmaliphalaka or Shalmaliphalaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚālmalīphalaka (शाल्मलीफलक).—a smooth board of Śālmalī wood (for washing clothes); शाल्मलीफलके श्लक्ष्णे नेनिज्यान्नेजकः शनैः (śālmalīphalake ślakṣṇe nenijyānnejakaḥ śanaiḥ) Manusmṛti 8.396.
Derivable forms: śālmalīphalakam (शाल्मलीफलकम्).
Śālmalīphalaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śālmalī and phalaka (फलक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚālmalīphalaka (शाल्मलीफलक).—[substantive] a board of Śālmalī-wood.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚālmalīphalaka (शाल्मलीफलक):—[=śālmalī-phalaka] [from śālmalī > śālmala] n. a smooth board of Ś° wood (used to wash clothes upon), [Manu-smṛti viii, 396.]
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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Partial matches: Shalmali, Phalaka.
Full-text: Shlakshna.
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