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Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for शलभ

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शलभśalabhaA grass-hopper, locust; पतति परिणतारुणप्रकाशः शलभसमूह इवाश्रमद्रुमेषु Ś.1.31.

    [शल्-अभच् Uṇ.3.122]

    1. A grass-hopper, locust; पतति परिणतारुणप्रकाशः शलभसमूह इवाश्रमद्रुमेषु Ś.1.31.
    2. A moth; कौरव्यवंशदावेऽस्मिन् क एष शलभायते Ve.1.19; Śi.2.117; Ku.4.4.
    3. Name of an Asura.
    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शलभśalabham. (cf. शरभ) a grass-hopper, locust (fabled to be the children of Pulastya पुलस्त्य or of Ta1rkshya तार्क्ष्य…
    1. masculine gender (confer, compare शरभ) a grass-hopper, locust (fabled to be the children of Pulastya पुलस्त्य or of Ta1rkshya तार्क्ष्य and Ya1mini1 यामिनी), a kind of moth (such as is attracted by a lighted candle?) MBh. Ka1v. etc.
    2. masculine gender Name of a Deva-gandharva देव-गन्धर्व MBh.
    3. masculine gender of an Asura असुर ibidem
    Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. शलभśalabha[sala-bha] m. grasshopper, locust; per haps also night-moth: -tâ, f., -tva, n. condi tion of a grasshopper.

    [sala-bha] masculine grasshopper, locust; per haps also night-moth: -tâ, feminine; also equal for, -tva, neuter condi tion of a grasshopper.

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · शलभ

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