Shalyoddhara, Śalyoddhāra, Shalya-uddhara: 7 definitions
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Shalyoddhara 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 Śalyoddhāra can be transliterated into English as Salyoddhara or Shalyoddhara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Vastushastra (architecture)
Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (architecture)Śalyoddhāra (शल्योद्धार) refers to the “excavation of extraneous substances”, representing a section of the Devyāmata (in the section śalyoddhāra-paṭala).—Accordingly, “Next, I shall, as told before, teach the characteristics of extraneous substances (śalya-lakṣaṇa), which exist beneath the site and cause calamities to people. When the site, which has been made square, is being divided with cords, [the officiant] who has knowledge of divisions of the site should investigate extraneous substances by omens, etc. [...]”.

Vastushastra (वास्तुशास्त्र, vāstuśāstra) refers to the ancient Indian science (shastra) of architecture (vastu), dealing with topics such architecture, sculpture, town-building, fort building and various other constructions. Vastu also deals with the philosophy of the architectural relation with the cosmic universe.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚalyoddhāra (शल्योद्धार).—extraction of thorns or splinters, or that part of surgery which relates to the extraction of extraneous matter from the body.
Derivable forms: śalyoddhāraḥ (शल्योद्धारः).
Śalyoddhāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śalya and uddhāra (उद्धार). See also (synonyms): śalyāharaṇa, śalyoddharaṇa, śalyakriyā, śalyaśāstra.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚalyoddhāra (शल्योद्धार).—m.
(-raḥ) 1. Extraction of foreign substances from the body. 2. Cleansing or purifying a new house. E. śalya, uddhāra taking away.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚalyoddhāra (शल्योद्धार).—m. 1. extraction of foreign substances from the body. 2. cleansing and purifying a new house.
Śalyoddhāra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śalya and uddhāra (उद्धार).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumŚalyoddhāra (शल्योद्धार) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—jy. Np. Ix, 46 (and udāharaṇa).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚalyoddhāra (शल्योद्धार):—[from śalya > śal] m. Name of [work]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚalyoddhāra (शल्योद्धार):—[śalyo+ddhāra] (raḥ) 1. m. Extracting; cleaning a new house.
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: Shalya, Uddhara.
Starts with: Shalyoddharana.
Full-text (+192): Madhura, Shantadish, Ravata, Shalyoddharana, Shalyashastra, Shalyaharana, Shakuna, Hanu, Adhahpada, Hanuja, Ushtra, Shirobhava, Anguli, Kashthaja, Carman, Ushtrasthi, Kunjara, Vyaghra, Kashtha, Ashtangula.
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