Shilavrishti, Śilāvṛṣṭi, Shila-vrishti: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śilāvṛṣṭi can be transliterated into English as Silavrsti or Shilavrishti, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚilāvṛṣṭi (शिलावृष्टि).—f.
1) a shower of stones.
2) hail.
Derivable forms: śilāvṛṣṭiḥ (शिलावृष्टिः).
Śilāvṛṣṭi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śilā and vṛṣṭi (वृष्टि).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚilāvṛṣṭi (शिलावृष्टि).—f.
(-ṣṭiḥ) Hail. E. śilā, and vṛṣṭi rain.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚilāvṛṣṭi (शिलावृष्टि).—f. hail.
Śilāvṛṣṭi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śilā and vṛṣṭi (वृष्टि).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śilāvṛṣṭi (शिलावृष्टि):—[=śilā-vṛṣṭi] [from śilā] f. ‘st°-rain’, a shower of st°, [Apte’s The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
2) [v.s. ...] hail, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚilāvṛṣṭi (शिलावृष्टि):—[śilā-vṛṣṭi] (ṣṭiḥ) 2. f. Hail.
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 corpusŚilāvṛṣṭi (ಶಿಲಾವೃಷ್ಟಿ):—[noun] a continuous and rapid falling of stones.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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