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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शलाकाśalākāA small stick, peg, rod, pin, piece, thin bar (of anything); अयस्कान्तमणिशलाका Māl.1.

    [शल्-आकः Uṇ.4.15]

    1. A small stick, peg, rod, pin, piece, thin bar (of anything); अयस्कान्तमणिशलाका Māl.1.
    2. A pencil, small stick (used in painting the eyes with collyrium); अज्ञानान्धस्य लोकस्य ज्ञानाञ्जन- शलाकया । चक्षुरुन्मीलितं येन तस्मै पाणिनये नमः ॥ Śik.58; Ku.1. 47; ययौ शलाकामपरा वहन्ती R.7.8.
    3. An arrow.
    4. A dart, javelin.
    5. A probe or a kind of pointed surgical instrument.
    6. A rib (as of an umbrella); न ते शतशलाकेन...छत्रेणाभिविराजते Rām.2.26.1.
    7. A bone (forming the root of the fingers and toes); पाणिपाद- शलाकाश्च तेषां स्थानचतुष्टयम् Y.3.85.
    8. A sprout, spring, shoot; उद्भिन्नया रत्नशलाकयेव Ku.1.24.
    9. A paint-brush.
    10. A tooth-brush, tooth-pick.
    11. A porcupine.
    12. An oblong piece of ivory or bone used in gambling.
    13. A ruler.
    14. The Sārikā bird.
    15. A peg, pin; ततोऽम्बष्ठोऽस्थिभेदिन्या निरभिद्यच्छलाकया Mb.7.25.5.
    16. Bar (of a cage or window).
    17. A finger; शलाकानखपातैश्च (युद्धमभवत्) Mb.4.13.29.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -धूर्तः (forming शलाकधूर्तः) a swindler, sharper.

    • -परि Indeclinable an unlucky throw or movement of one of the pieces at a game played with Śalākās; Compare परि or अक्षपरि; ParasmaipadaII.1.1.

    • -परीक्षा the method of examining a student from a page whichever opened by a Śalākā inserted into a book.

    • -पुरुषाः Name of 63 divine personages among Jainas.

    • -यन्त्रम् (in surgery) a pointed instrument, probe.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शलाकाśalākāf. any small stake or stick, rod (for stirring &c.), twig (smeared with lime for catching birds), rib (of an…
    1. feminine any small stake or stick, rod (for stirring etc.), twig (smeared with lime for catching birds), rib (of an umbrella), bar (of a cage or window), chip, splinter, splint, pencil (for painting or applying collyrium) S3Br. etc.
    2. feminine a piece of bamboo (borne as a kind of credential by mendicants and marked with their name) Buddh.
    3. feminine the quill of a porcupine Ka1tyS3r. Scholiast or Commentator
    4. feminine an oblong quadrangular piece of ivory or bone (used in playing a particular game). ibidem
    5. feminine a peg, pin, arrow-head, needle, a probe (used in surgery and sometimes taken as the Name of this branch of, surgery Sus3r.), any pointed instrument MBh. R. S3a1rn3gS.
    6. feminine a sprout, sprig, shoot of any kind (see रत्न-श्that the rest of a word is to be supplied)
    7. feminine a ruler W.
    8. feminine a toothpick or tooth-brush Lexicographers
    9. feminine a match or thin piece of wood (used for ignition by friction) W.
    10. feminine a bone Lexicographers
    11. feminine a finger, toe Vishn2. Ya1jn5.
    12. feminine a porcupine Lexicographers
    13. feminine a particular thorny shrub, Vanguieria Spinosa Lexicographers
    14. feminine the Sa1rika1 सारिका bird, Turdus Salica Lexicographers
    15. feminine Name of a town R.
    16. feminine of a woman gaRa शुभ्रा*दि .
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  2. अयःशलाकाayaḥśalākāf. an iron dart, L.

    feminine an iron dart, Lexicographers

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  3. एकशलाकाekaśalākāf. a single staff S3Br. ii.

    feminine a single staff S3Br. ii.

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  4. त्रिषष्टिशलाकापुरुषचरितtriṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritan. "lives of the 63 great personages", N. of wk. by Hemac.

    neuter gender "lives of the 63 great personages", Name of work by Hemac.

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  5. मदनशलाकाmadanaśalākāf. Turdus Salica (= सारिका) L.
    1. feminine Turdus Salica (Equivalent to सारिका) Lexicographers
    2. feminine the female of the Indian cuckoo Lexicographers
    3. feminine an aphrodisiac Lexicographers
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  6. रत्नशलाकाratnaśalākāf. a sprout or sprig of j jewels Kum.

    feminine a sprout or sprig of j jewels Kum.

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  7. वंशशलाकाvaṃśaśalākāf. a b bamboo peg or screw at the lower end of a Vina1 विना or lute, (accord. to some) the b bamboo pipe that…
    1. feminine a b bamboo peg or screw at the lower end of a Vina1 विना or lute, (according to to some) the b bamboo pipe that forms the body of the lute Lexicographers
    2. feminine any small b bamboo pin or stake (as the bar of a cage etc.) W.
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  8. वाक्यशलाकाvākyaśalākāf. = वाक्-श्˚ q.v. MBh.

    feminine Equivalent to वाक्-श्that the rest of a word is to be supplied quod vide MBh.

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  9. वाक्शलाकाvākśalākāf. "pointed speech", injurious speech MBh.

    feminine "pointed speech", injurious speech MBh.

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