Shlagh, Ślāgh: 7 definitions

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Shlagh 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 Ślāgh can be transliterated into English as Slagh or Shlagh, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ślāgh (श्लाघ्).—

1) Ā. (ślāghate) To praise, extol, commend, applaud; शिरसा श्लाघते पुर्वं (śirasā ślāghate purvaṃ) (guṇaṃ) परं (paraṃ) (doṣaṃ) कण्ठे नियच्छति (kaṇṭhe niyacchati) Subhāṣ.; यथैव श्लाध्यते गङ्गा पादेन परमेष्ठिनः (yathaiva ślādhyate gaṅgā pādena parameṣṭhinaḥ) Kumārasambhava 6.7 (some read ślāghate for ślāghyate and give it the next sense).

2) To boast of, be proud of; श्लाघिष्ये केन को बन्धून्नेष्यत्युन्नति- मुन्नतः (ślāghiṣye kena ko bandhūnneṣyatyunnati- munnataḥ) Bhaṭṭikāvya 16.4.

3) To flatter, coax (with dat.); गोपी कृष्णाय श्लाघते (gopī kṛṣṇāya ślāghate) Sk.; श्लाघमानः परस्त्रीभ्यस्तत्रागाद्राक्षसाधिपः (ślāghamānaḥ parastrībhyastatrāgādrākṣasādhipaḥ) Bhaṭṭikāvya 8.73.

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

Ślāgh (श्लाघ्).—[(ṛ)ślāghṛ] r. 1st cl. (ślāghate) 1. To praise, to eulogise. 2. To flatter, to coax, to wheedle, (with a dat.) 3. To boast, (with an inst.)

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

Ślāgh (श्लाघ्).—i. 1, [Ātmanepada.] (in epic poetry also [Parasmaipada.], Mahābhārata 3, 13306), 1. To flatter, [Bhaṭṭikāvya, (ed. Calc.)] 8, 72. 2. To praise, Mahābhārata 1. 1; ślāghya, Praiseworthy, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 55, 16. 3. To boast, [Daśakumāracarita] in Chr. 183, 20. ślāghya, Honourable, ib. 186, 21. [Causal.] To approve, [Hitopadeśa] 61, 6.

— Cf. probably

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

Ślāgh (श्लाघ्).—ślāghate (ti) trust, have confidence in ([dative]), speak confidently, brag, boast of ([instrumental] or [locative]); praise, extol. [Causative] ślāghayati comfort, console, praise, extol.

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

Ślāgh (श्लाघ्):—[class] 1. [Ātmanepada] ([Dhātupāṭha iv, 41]) ślāghate ([Epic] also ti; [perfect tense] śaślāghe, ghire, [Harivaṃśa]; [grammar] also [Aorist] aślāghiṣṭa; [future] ślāghitā, ślāghiṣyate; [infinitive mood] ślāghitum),

—to trust or confide in ([dative case]), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa];

—to talk confidently, vaunt, boast or be proud of ([instrumental case] or [locative case]), [Āpastamba; Baudhāyana-dharma-śāstra; Mahābhārata] etc.;

—to coax, flatter, wheedle ([dative case]), [Pāṇini 1-4, 34; Kāśikā-vṛtti];

—to praise, commend, eulogise, celebrate, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc. (cf. [Pāṇini; ib.]) :—[Passive voice] ślāghyate ([Aorist] aślāghi), to be praised or celebrated or magnified, [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.:—[Causal] ślāghayati ([Aorist] aśaślāghaṭ), to encourage, comfort, console, [Rāmāyaṇa];

—to praise, celebrate, [Hitopadeśa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Ślāgh (श्लाघ्) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Lāha.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shlagh 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.

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Item last updated: 31 May, 2022