śāli

Dictionary Definitions

[mw] m. (accord. to some also f.; for 1., see p. 1067, col. 2) rice (often varieties), any grain of a similar character to rice Mn.; MBh. &c 1068,1 216107 m. the civet-cat, pole-cat Hcar. (?) L. 1068,1 216108 m. N. of a Yaksha yakṣa (who was transformed into a lion; cf. śāli-vāhana below) 1068,1 216109 m. pl. grains of rice, rice R. 135914 1068,1 216110

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m. (accord. to some also f.; for 1., see p. 1067, col. 2) rice (often varieties), any grain of a similar character to rice Mn.; MBh. &c 1068,1 216107 m. the civet-cat, pole-cat...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

226

Texts Appeared In

45

DCS: the rainy season | Monier-Williams: pl. grains of rice, rice, R.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Suśrutasaṃhitā 45 19.9%
2. Carakasaṃhitā 41 18.1%
3. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 39 17.3%
4. Mahābhārata 9 4.0%
5. Liṅgapurāṇa 7 3.1%

Concordance (Sample)

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: śālīn

  teṣām abhyavahārārthaṃ śālīn rahasi pārthiva

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: śāli

  śālitaṇḍulasampūrṇām ikṣukāṇḍarasodakām

• Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā surface: śāli

  madhuraṃ śleṣmalaṃ prāyo jīrṇāc chāliyavād ṛte