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śalyaशल्यm. n. (ifc. f(A). ) a dart, javelin, lance, spear, iron-headed weapon (cf. upa-ś°), pike, arrow, shaft (also the point of an arrow or spear and its socket), [RV.] &c. &c.
anything tormenting or causing pain (as a thorn, sting &c.), or (in med.) any extraneous substance lodged in the body and causing pain (e.g. a splinter, pin, stone in the bladder &c.; also applied to the fetus, and, as a branch of medicine, to ‘the extraction of splinters or extraneous substances’), [MBh.]; [R.] &c., [Suśr.]
a fault, defect, [Hariv.] (cf. karma-ś°)
m. a porcupine, [BhP.]
a kind of fish, [L.]
a fence, boundary, [L.]
Vangueria Spinosa, [L.]
Aegle Marmelos, [L.]
N. of an Asura, [Hariv.]; [VP.]
of a king of Madra (maternal uncle of the sons of Pāṇḍu and esp. of Nakula and Saha-deva, Madrī the wife of Pāṇḍu being sister to Śalya), [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c.
of another king, [Rājat.]
n. an iron crow, [L.]
poison, [L.]
abuse, defamation, [L.],
&c. See col. 1.
śalyadāशल्यदाśalya—dā f. a kind of plant (= medā), [L.]
śalyakaशल्यकśályaka m. an arrow, dart, spear, thorn &c. (= śalya)
a porcupine, [VS.] &c. &c.
a scaly fish, [Vajras.] (cf. sa-śalka)
Vangueria Spinosa, [L.]
śalyayaशल्ययNom. P. °yati, to pain, torment, injure, [Anarghar.]
śalyahṛtशल्यहृत्śalya—hṛt m. ‘extractor of splinters’, a surgeon, [VarBṛS.]
śalyavatशल्यवत्śalya—vat mfn. possessing an arrow, having an arrow-head sticking in it (as a deer), [MBh. xii, 4649]
or owning the arrow-head (and so owning the animal killed by the arrow), [Mn. ix, 44]
set with stakes, hampered or harassed with difficulties, [W.]
śalyabhūtaशल्यभूतśalya—bhūta mfn. being a thorn or sting (fig.), [MBh.]
śalyahartṛशल्यहर्तृśalya—hartṛ m. ‘remover of thorns’, a weeder, [W.]
= next, [R.]; [Kathās.]
śalyajñānaशल्यज्ञानśalya—jñāna n. N. of ch. of medical wk.
śalyakaṇṭhaशल्यकण्ठśalya—kaṇṭha m. ‘quill-throated’, a porcupine, [L.]
śalyakartṛशल्यकर्तृśalya—kartṛ m. an arrow-maker, [ib.]
= next, [ib.] (cf. kriyā).
śalyakavatशल्यकवत्śalyaka—vat mfn. having a pointed mouth
śalyaka—vat m. (with ākhu) a shrew-mouse, [MBh.]
śalyakṛntaशल्यकृन्तśalya—kṛnta m. = -karttṛ, [Āpast.]
śalyakriyāशल्यक्रियाśalya—kriyā f. the extraction of thorns or other extraneous substances lodged in the body, [W.]
śalyalomanशल्यलोमन्śalya—loman n. a porcupine's quill, [L.]
śalyaparṇīशल्यपर्णीśalya—parṇikā or śalya—parṇī, f. a kind of medicinal plant, [Bhpr.]
śalyaprotaशल्यप्रोतśalya—prota mfn. pierced or transfixed by an arrow, [Ragh.]
śalyaśāstraशल्यशास्त्रśalya—śāstra n. ‘splinter (-extraction) science’, N. of a part of surgery and ch. of medical works (cf. āyur-veda).
śalyakarttṛशल्यकर्त्तृśalya—karttṛ m. ‘cutter or remover of splinters’, a surgeon, [MBh.]
śalyapīḍitaशल्यपीडितśalya—pīḍita mfn. hurt by an arrow or thorn &c., [R.]
śalyaparvanशल्यपर्वन्śalya—parvan n. N. of the ninth book of the Mahā-bhārata, (this book describes how, on the death of Karṇa, Śalya, king of Madra, was appointed to the command of the Kuru army, and how a combat with maces took place between Śalya and Bhīma, and another great battle between Śalya and Yudhiṣṭhira, in which the former was at last killed).
śalyatantraशल्यतन्त्रśalya—tantra n. N. of ch. of medical wk.
śalyakīrtanaशल्यकीर्तनśalya—karṣaṇa and śalya—kīrtana, N. of places, [R.]
śalyakartanaशल्यकर्तनśalya—kartana N. of a place, [R.]
śalyakarṣaṇaशल्यकर्षणśalya—karṣaṇa and śalya—kīrtana, N. of places, [R.]
śalyaparṇikāशल्यपर्णिकाśalya—parṇikā or śalya—parṇī, f. a kind of medicinal plant, [Bhpr.]
śalyavāraṅgaशल्यवारङ्गśalya—vāraṅga n. ‘arrow-handle’, the part by which an arrow or other foreign substance lodged in the body is laid hold of during the operation of extraction, [ib.]
śalyasraṃsanaशल्यस्रंसनśalya—sraṃsana n. the extraction or removal of a thorn, [Kauś.]