The Sanskrit term Śālmalīveṣṭaka can be transliterated into English as Salmalivestaka or Shalmaliveshtaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śālmalīveṣṭaka (शाल्मलीवेष्टक).—the gum of the silk-cotton tree.

Derivable forms: śālmalīveṣṭakaḥ (शाल्मलीवेष्टकः).

Śālmalīveṣṭaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śālmalī and veṣṭaka (वेष्टक). See also (synonyms): śālmalīveṣṭa.

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

Śālmalīveṣṭaka (शाल्मलीवेष्टक):—[=śālmalī-veṣṭaka] [from śālmalī > śālmala] m. the gum or resin of the Śālmali tree, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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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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Partial matches: Veshtaka, Shalmali.

Full-text: Shalmaliveshta.

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