Shiloccha, Śiloccha, Shila-uccha: 1 definition

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Shiloccha 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 Śiloccha can be transliterated into English as Siloccha or Shiloccha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Shilochchha.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śiloccha (शिलोच्छ).—

1) gleaning ears of corn; शिलोञ्छमप्याददीत विप्रोऽजीवन्यतस्ततः (śiloñchamapyādadīta vipro'jīvanyatastataḥ) Manusmṛti 1.112; Bhāgavata 3.12.42.

2) an irregular occupation.

3) poor subsistence (alpasaṃgraha); एवंवृत्तस्य नृपतेः शिलोञ्छेनापि जीवतः (evaṃvṛttasya nṛpateḥ śiloñchenāpi jīvataḥ) Manusmṛti 7.33.

Derivable forms: śilocchaḥ (शिलोच्छः).

Śiloccha is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śila and uccha (उच्छ).

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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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