śūlā

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] 1 A stake for impaling cri- minals. --2 A harlot.

Root

Appears in 1 texts

Lexicon Preview

1 A stake for impaling cri- minals. --2 A harlot.

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

1,185

Texts Appeared In

76

DCS: a small shovel or scoop

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Suśrutasaṃhitā 208 17.6%
2. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 130 11.0%
3. Rāmāyaṇa 121 10.2%
4. Mahābhārata 101 8.5%
5. Carakasaṃhitā 80 6.8%

Concordance (Sample)

• Rājanighaṇṭu surface: śūla

  kaphāpahaṃ pittaharaṃ vibandhaśūlaghnapāṇḍūdaragulmanāśi

• Rājanighaṇṭu surface: śūlam

  paktiśūlaṃ marucchūlaṃ mehagulmārtiśophanut

• Rājanighaṇṭu surface: śūla

  pramehapāṇḍuraśūlaghnaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ muṇḍādhikaṃ smṛtam