Shushkala, Śuṣkala: 6 definitions
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Shushkala 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 Śuṣkala can be transliterated into English as Suskala or Shushkala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Śuṣkala (शुष्कल).—
1) Dried flesh.
2) Flesh in general; -a. Flesh-eating, carnivorous; L. D. B.
-lī f. Dried flesh or flesh in general; L. D. B.
Derivable forms: śuṣkalaḥ (शुष्कलः), śuṣkalam (शुष्कलम्).
Śuṣkala (शुष्कल).—mfn. subst.
(-laḥ-lā or lī-laṃ) Dry flesh. Adj. Eating fish and flesh. E. śuṣ to dry, kalac Unadi aff.; or śuṣka, and lā to take, aff. ka .
Śuṣkala (शुष्कल).—[śuṣka + la], m., f. lā, and lī, and n. Dry flesh.
1) Śuṣkala (शुष्कल):—[from śuṣ] m. a kind of fish, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) [v.s. ...] mf(ī)n. flesh (f. also dry flesh), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] n. a fish-hook, [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa [Scholiast or Commentator]]
4) [v.s. ...] mfn. one who eats flesh, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] (cf. śauṣkala).
Śuṣkala (शुष्कल):—[(laḥ-lā-lī-laṃ)] 1. m. f. n. Idem. a. Eating fish or flesh.
Śuṣkala (शुष्कल):—nach [Mahīdhara] zu [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 30, 16] m. ein best. Fisch, nach Comm. zu [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 3, 4, 1, 12] n. so v. a. Angelhaken, nach [Uṇādikoṣa im Śabdakalpadruma] m. f. n. = āmiṣa, nach [Bharata] zu [Amarakoṣa 3, 1, 19] adj. = śauṣkala d. i. āmiṣāśin und f. ī = gedörrtes Fleisch und Fleisch überh. [Śabdakalpadruma] — Vgl. śauṣkala und śuṣkaletra .
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