The Sanskrit term Śilādhātu can be transliterated into English as Siladhatu or Shiladhatu, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

śilādhātu (शिलाधातु).—m S A white aluminous earth, a sort of chalk.

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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

Śilādhātu (शिलाधातु).—

1) chalk.

2) red chalk.

3) a white fossil substance.

Derivable forms: śilādhātuḥ (शिलाधातुः).

Śilādhātu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śilā and dhātu (धातु).

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

Śilādhātu (शिलाधातु).—m.

(-tuḥ) 1. Chalk. 2. Red chalk. 3. A white fossile substance; an aluminous earth of a white colour, and thence considered to be a sort of chalk. E. śilā a stone or rock, and dhātu a mineral.

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

Śilādhātu (शिलाधातु).—m. 1. chalk. 2. red chalk.

Śilādhātu is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śilā and dhātu (धातु).

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

1) Śilādhātu (शिलाधातु):—[=śilā-dhātu] [from śilā] m. ‘rock-mineral’, chalk, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] yellow ochre, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) [v.s. ...] red chalk, [Horace H. Wilson]

4) [v.s. ...] a white fossil substance, [Horace H. Wilson]

5) [v.s. ...] an aluminous earth of a white or yellowish colour, [Horace H. Wilson]

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

Śilādhātu (शिलाधातु):—[śilā-dhātu] (tuḥ) 2. m. Chalk.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shiladhatu 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śilādhātu (ಶಿಲಾಧಾತು):—

1) [noun] = ಶಿಲಾಜತು [shilajatu].

2) [noun] a kind of soft, white earth (used for drawing ornamental lines in front of the house or before the idol of a god).

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

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Shila, Dhatu, Cila.

Ends with: Karpurashiladhatu.

Full-text: Pakashukla.

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