Shroniphalaka, Śrōṇiphalaka, Śroṇiphalaka, Shroni-phalaka, Śroṇīphalaka: 6 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Śrōṇiphalaka and Śroṇiphalaka and Śroṇīphalaka can be transliterated into English as Sroniphalaka or Shroniphalaka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryśrōṇiphalaka (श्रोणिफलक).—n S The hip, or the hip and loins. 2 The hip bone or os ilium.
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 dictionaryŚroṇiphalaka (श्रोणिफलक) or Śroṇīphalaka (श्रोणीफलक).—
1) the broad hips.
2) the buttocks.
Derivable forms: śroṇiphalakam (श्रोणिफलकम्), śroṇīphalakam (श्रोणीफलकम्).
Śroṇiphalaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śroṇi and phalaka (फलक).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚroṇiphalaka (श्रोणिफलक).—n.
(-kaṃ) 1. The hip and loins, or the hip only. 2. The hipbone, the os ilium. E. śroṇi the same, and phala fruit, kan aff. of comparison, or phalaka a plank; also śroṇiphala n. (-laṃ) .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śroṇiphalaka (श्रोणिफलक):—[=śroṇi-phalaka] [from śroṇi > śroṇa] n. the hip and loins, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] the hip-bone (os ilium), [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚroṇiphalaka (श्रोणिफलक):—[śroṇi-phalaka] (kaṃ) 1. n. The hip, hip and loins, hip bone.
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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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Partial matches: Shroni, Phalaka.
Full-text: Uruphalaka.
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