Shilaja, Śilāja, Śilājā, Shila-ja: 6 definitions
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Shilaja 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 terms Śilāja and Śilājā can be transliterated into English as Silaja or Shilaja, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)
Śilājā (शिलाजा) is another name for Śvetaśilā, an unidentified medicinal plant, according to verse 5.43-44 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fifth chapter (parpaṭādi-varga) of this book enumerates sixty varieties of smaller plants (kṣudra-kṣupa). Together with the names Śilājā and Śvetaśilā, there are a total of seven Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.
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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Sanskrit dictionary
Śilāja (शिलाज).—a. fossil, mineral. (-jam) 1 bitumen.
2) benzoin.
3) petroleum.
4) iron.
5) any fossil production.
Śilāja is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śilā and ja (ज).
Śilāja (शिलाज).—mfn.
(-jaḥ-jā-jaṃ) Produced in a mountain or rock, fossile, mineral. n.
(-jaṃ) 1. Storaz or Benzoin, the resins of the Styrax benzoinum or S. officinale, which are usually confounded by the Hindus. 2. Iron. E. śilā a rock, and ja born; the balsams being supposed to be fossile productions, and to exude from the soil of mountainous places; being confounded with bitumen or petroleum.
1) Śilāja (शिलाज):—[=śilā-ja] [from śilā] mfn. produced in a rock or mountain, mineral, [Horace H. Wilson]
2) [v.s. ...] n. bitumen, [Suśruta]
3) [v.s. ...] iron, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] benzoin, storax, [Horace H. Wilson]
5) [v.s. ...] petroleum, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
6) [v.s. ...] any fossil production, [ib.] (cf. śila-ja below).
7) Śilaja (शिलज):—[=śila-ja] [from śila > śilā] n. bitumen, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. śilā-ja)
8) Śilajā (शिलजा):—[=śila-jā] [from śila-ja > śila > śilā] f. a [particular] medicinal substance, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
Śilāja (शिलाज):—[śilā-ja] (jaṃ) 1. n. Storax or benzoin; iron.
Śilāja (शिलाज):—adj. aus Steinen —, aus Felsen gewonnen:
1) n. a) Erdharz [Suśruta 2, 53, 12.] — b) Eisen [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] —
2) f. ā = śilāvalkā [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma] u. d. letzten Worte (śilaja gedr.).
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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Starts with: Shilajatu, Shilajatukalpa, Shilajatuvataka, Shilajatvadi, Shilajatvavaleha.
Full-text: Shilakusuma, Shvetashila, Calalinga.
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