Sthalasthalakamala, Sthala-sthalakamala: 1 definition

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sthalasthalakamala (स्थलस्थलकमल).—m. is also a plant of the lily-family (Gloriosa Superba). It is a red-flowered species traditionally called भूकमल (bhūkamala). The plant goes by the name कळलावी (kaḷalāvī) in Marathi which seems to have been derived from Sanskrit स्थलकल्लारी (sthalakallārī). Kālidāsa pointedly refers to the peculiarity that it opens only in response to day-light.

Derivable forms: sthalasthalakamalaḥ (स्थलस्थलकमलः).

Sthalasthalakamala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sthala and sthalakamala (स्थलकमल).

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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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