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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शाल्मलिśālmali1 The silk-cotton tree; आपातरम्यपुष्पश्री- शोभितः शाल्मलिर्यथा Bv.1.115; Ms.8.246.
    1. 1 The silk-cotton tree; आपातरम्यपुष्पश्री- शोभितः शाल्मलिर्यथा Bv.1.115; Ms.8.246.
    2. One of the seven great divisions of the earth.
    3. Name of a kind of hell.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -पत्रकः

      1. Alstonia Scholaris (Marâthî सातवीण). स्थः an epithet of Garuḍa.
      2. a vulture.
  2. शाल्मलिकम्śālmalikamAn inferior kind of Śālmali tree.

    An inferior kind of Śālmali tree.

  3. शाल्मलिनीśālmalinīThe silk-cotton tree.

    The silk-cotton tree.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शाल्मलिśālmalimf. (or f(˚ली).; cf. शल्मल्/इ) the Seemul or silk-cotton tree, Bombax Heptaphyllum or Salmalia Malabarica (a…
    1. mf. (or f(that the rest of a word is to be suppliedली).; confer, compare शल्मल्/इ) the Seemul or silk-cotton tree, Bombax Heptaphyllum or Salmalia Malabarica (a lofty and thorny tree with red flowers; its thorns are supposed to be used for torture in one of the hells [confer, compare कूत-श्that the rest of a word is to be supplied], or it may stand for the Name of that hell) Mn. MBh. etc.
    2. mf. one of the 7 Dvi1pas द्वीप s or great divisions of the known continent (so called from the a reference to some preceeding word (not necessarily in the same page) tree said to grow there; it is surrounded by the sea of ghee or clarified butter) MBh. Pur.
    3. mf. patronymic of a man (feminine that the rest of a word is to be suppliedल्या) gaRa क्रौड्यादि
    4. mf. Name of a son of Avikshit अविक्षित् MBh.
    5. mf. of another man descended from Agasti Hcat.
  2. काशाल्मलिkāśālmalif. a kind of silk-cotton tree, Bombax heptaphyllum L.

    feminine a kind of silk-cotton tree, Bombax heptaphyllum Lexicographers

  3. कूटशाल्मलिkūṭaśālmalimf. the plant Andersonia Rohitaka L.
    1. mf. the plant Andersonia Rohitaka Lexicographers
    2. mf. a fabulous cotton plant with sharp thorns (with which the wicked are tortured in the world of Yama यम) MBh. (also 553878 that the rest of a word is to be suppliedलिक, masculine gender) R. (553878 that the rest of a word is to be suppliedली, feminine) Ragh. xii, 95
    3. mf. Name of a hell PadmaP.
  4. कूटशाल्मलिकkūṭaśālmalikam.

    masculine gender

  5. शाल्मलिकśālmalikamfn. (fr. शाल्मलि) g. कुमुदा*दि (with द्वीप m. = शाल्मलि-द्व्˚ MBh.)
    1. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (from शाल्मलि) gaRa कुमुदा*दि (with द्वीप masculine gender Equivalent to शाल्मलि-द्व्that the rest of a word is to be supplied MBh.)
    2. masculine gender the tree Andersonia Rohitaka Lexicographers
    3. neuter gender an inferior kind of S3a1lmali शाल्मलि tree MW.
  6. शाल्मलिद्वीपśālmalidvīpam. the S3a1lmali-dvi1pa शाल्मलि-द्वीप (see above) .

    masculine gender the S3a1lmali-dvi1pa शाल्मलि-द्वीप (see a reference to some preceeding word (not necessarily in the same page)) .

  7. शाल्मलिनीśālmalinīf. the silk-cotton tree L.

    feminine the silk-cotton tree Lexicographers