Saluka, Sāluka, Sālūka, Shaluka, Śāluka, Śālūka, Śalūkā: 22 definitions
Introduction:
Saluka means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Marathi, Hindi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
The Sanskrit terms Śāluka and Śālūka and Śalūkā can be transliterated into English as Saluka or Shaluka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Saluk.
In Hinduism
Ayurveda (science of life)
Dietetics and Culinary Art (such as household cooking)
Source: Shodhganga: Dietetics and culinary art in ancient and medieval IndiaŚāluka (शालुक) refers to the “lotus roots”, representing a type of vegetable according to the Atharvaveda IV.34.5, and is commonly found in literature dealing with the topics of dietetics and culinary art, also known as Pākaśāstra or Pākakalā.—Among vegetables cucumber (urvāruka) and lotus stalks (bisa) were referred to in Ṛgveda. Atharvaveda refers to the usage of lotus roots (śāluka), bottle gourd (alabu) and Trapa bispinosa (śaphaka) in food articles.
Kalpa (Formulas, Drug prescriptions and other Medicinal preparations)
Source: Shodhganga: Edition translation and critical study of yogasarasamgrahaŚālūka (शालूक) refers to the medicinal plant known as “Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn. (Rootstalk)” and is dealt with in the 15th-century Yogasārasaṅgraha (Yogasara-saṅgraha) by Vāsudeva: an unpublished Keralite work representing an Ayurvedic compendium of medicinal recipes. The Yogasārasaṃgraha [mentioning śālūka] deals with entire recipes in the route of administration, and thus deals with the knowledge of pharmacy (bhaiṣajya-kalpanā) which is a branch of pharmacology (dravyaguṇa).
Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper NamesA pig. See the Saluka Jataka.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
In Jainism
Jain philosophy
Source: archive.org: Anekanta Jaya Pataka of Haribhadra SuriŚālūka (शालूक) refers to the “root of a water-lily”, as occurring in the Anekāntajayapatākā-prakaraṇa, a Śvetāmbara Jain philosophical work written by Haribhadra Sūri.—[Cf. Vol. I, P. 343, ll. 9-10]—‘Śālūka’ means (i) a root of a water-lily and (ii) nutmeg. Here it stands for the former—the meaning of the word ‘sālūya’ occurring in Dasaveyāliya. It is produced from ‘gomaya’ meaning ‘cow-dung’. The word ‘śālūka’ occurs in Vol II, p 182, l. 9.
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Saluka in India is the name of a plant defined with Terminalia chebula in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Myrobalanus chebula Gaertn. (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Systema Naturae, ed. 12 (1767)
· FBI (1878)
· Taxon (1979)
· Journal of Cytology and Genetics (1990)
· Observationes Botanicae (1789)
· De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum (1790)
If you are looking for specific details regarding Saluka, for example diet and recipes, chemical composition, health benefits, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, side effects, have a look at these references.
This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.
Languages of India and abroad
Pali-English dictionary
Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionarysāluka : (nt.) the root of water-lily.
Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English DictionarySāluka, (& °ūka) (nt.) (cp. Sk. śālūka) the edible root of the water-lily Vin. I, 246; J. VI, 563; VvA. 142 (°muṭṭhi). (Page 707)
Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionarysalūka (सलूक) [or ख, kha].—, sometimes salōka or kha, sometimes salukā or khā or salōkā or khā m ( A) Good terms or understanding with or together; amicable intercourse or footing. 2 Cessation of hostilities, peace: also friendly relation with a foreign state or power, peace.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishsalūka (सलूक) [-kha, -ख].—m Good terms with or together; peace.
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salukā (सलुका) [-khā, -खा].—m Good terms with or together; peace.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚāluka (शालुक) or Śālūka (शालूक).—[śal-ūkaṇ] Uṇādi-sūtra 4.44]
1) The root of the water-lily.
2) Nutmeg.
-kaḥ 1 A frog.
2) The root of the water-lily. (śālūka only in this sense).
Derivable forms: śālukam (शालुकम्), śālūkam (शालूकम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit DictionaryŚāluka (शालुक).—[, nt. (= Sanskrit Lex. id., Pali sāluka; Sanskrit śālūka), (edible) lotus-root: Mahāvyutpatti 6246, text; but Index with Mironov °ūka, which accordingly read.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚāluka (शालुक).—n.
(-kaṃ) 1. Nutmeg. 2. The root of a lotus: see the next.
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Śālūka (शालूक).—n.
(-kaṃ) The esculent root of the different kinds of Nymphæa or water-lily. E. śal to go, to shake, Unadi aff. ūkañ; also with a short vowel śāluka .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚālūka (शालूक).— (cf. the last), n. The root of the esculent water lily.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚālūka (शालूक).—[neuter] an esculent lotus-root.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumŚālūka (शालूक) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—poet. [Sūktikarṇāmṛta by Śrīdharadāsa] See Ākāśapāliyaśālūka.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śāluka (शालुक):—[from śālu] n. the esculent root of different kinds of lotus, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
2) Śālūka (शालूक):—[from śālu] m. a frog, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
3) [v.s. ...] Name of a man [gana] śubhrādi
4) [v.s. ...] n. (ifc. f(ā). ) = śāluka, [Atharva-veda] etc. etc. (also -kanda, [Kādambarī])
5) [v.s. ...] n. a tumour in the throat, [Caraka]
6) [v.s. ...] a nut-meg, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) [v.s. ...] Name of a poet, [Catalogue(s)]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śāluka (शालुक):—(kaṃ) 1. n. The root of a lotus.
2) Śālūka (शालूक):—(kaṃ) 1. n. Idem.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Śālūka (शालूक) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Sālua.
[Sanskrit to German]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary1) Salūka (सलूक) [Also spelled saluk]:—(nm) treatment, behaviour.
2) Salūkā (सलूका):—(nm) a full-sleeve jacket.
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Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusŚālūka (ಶಾಲೂಕ):—[noun] the root of esculent water-lily.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
See also (Relevant definitions)
Starts with: Calukai, Calukaikkaran, Calukaikkuva, Calukam, Saluka Jataka, Saluka-garnu, Salukama-rahanu.
Ends with: Akashapaliyashaluka, Bisashaluka, Galashaluka, Himsaluka, Kanthashaluka, Krishaluka, Vishashaluka.
Full-text (+9): Kanthashaluka, Shalukeya, Vishashaluka, Saluka-garnu, Saluk, Munjara, Mahalohita, Cacipam, Galashaluka, Salua, Calukam, Bisashaluka, Saluka Jataka, Gopabhadra, Shakalota, Va, Taluka, Shalukini, Pushkarastika, Sukara.
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Search found 21 books and stories containing Saluka, Sāluka, Sālūka, Shaluka, Śāluka, Śālūka, Śalūkā, Salūka, Salukā, Salūkā, Śalūka; (plurals include: Salukas, Sālukas, Sālūkas, Shalukas, Śālukas, Śālūkas, Śalūkās, Salūkas, Salukās, Salūkās, Śalūkas). You can also click to the full overview containing English textual excerpts. Below are direct links for the most relevant articles:
The Jataka tales [English], Volume 1-6 (by Robert Chalmers)
Jataka 286: Sālūka-jātaka < [Book III - Tika-Nipāta]
Bhagavati-sutra (Viyaha-pannatti) (by K. C. Lalwani)
Cosmetics, Costumes and Ornaments in Ancient India (by Remadevi. O.)
1.10. Use of Jāti (Nutmeg tree) < [Chapter 1 - Cosmetics]
Gobhila-grihya-sutra (by Hermann Oldenberg)
Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)
Medicinal herbs and plants in the Atharva-veda < [Chapter 3 - Diseases and Remedial measures (described in Atharvaveda)]
Gynaecology and Pediatrics in the Atharvaveda < [Chapter 3 - Diseases and Remedial measures (described in Atharvaveda)]
Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) (by A. Yamuna Devi)
Kṣīrasvāmin’s citations of Bhoja < [Chapter 6 - Grammatical Aspects]
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