The Sanskrit terms Śālura and Śālūra can be transliterated into English as Salura or Shalura, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature

Śālura (शालुर) refers to one of the 130 varṇavṛttas (syllabo-quantitative verse) dealt with in the second chapter of the Vṛttamuktāvalī, ascribed to Durgādatta (19th century), author of eight Sanskrit work and patronised by Hindupati: an ancient king of the Bundela tribe (presently Bundelkhand of Uttar Pradesh). A Varṇavṛtta (e.g., śālura) refers to a type of classical Sanskrit metre depending on syllable count where the light-heavy patterns are fixed.

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Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Sālūra, (but cp. Sk. śālūra a frog) a dog J. IV, 438 (°-saṃgha =sunakhagaṇa, C.; spelling ḷ). (Page 707)

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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.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śālura (शालुर) or Śālūra (शालूर).—A frog.

Derivable forms: śāluraḥ (शालुरः), śālūraḥ (शालूरः).

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Sālūra (सालूर).—A frog; see शालूर (śālūra).

Derivable forms: sālūraḥ (सालूरः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śālūra (शालूर).—m.

(-raḥ) A frog. E. śal to go, ūrac aff. and the radical vowel made long; also śālura .

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Sālūra (सालूर).—m.

(-raḥ) A frog. E. ṣal to go, ūrac aff.; the first vowel made long, and the initial changed; also śālūra .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śālūra (शालूर).— (cf. śālu), m. A frog.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śālūra (शालूर).—[masculine] frog.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Śālūra (शालूर):—[from śālu] m. a frog, [Kāśī khaṇḍa, from the skanda-purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] a kind of metre, [Colebrooke]

3) Sālūra (सालूर):—sāleya See śāl p.1068.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Śālūra (शालूर):—(raḥ) 1. m. A frog.

2) Sālūra (सालूर):—(raḥ) 1. m. A frog.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Śālūra (शालूर) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Sālūra.

[Sanskrit to German]

Salura in German

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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.

Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

Sālūra (सालूर) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Śālūra.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śālūra (ಶಾಲೂರ):—[noun] a frog.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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