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Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryśilapaṭa (शिलपट).—a Impotent, imbecile, feeble, incompetent or incapable generally.
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śiḷapaṭa (शिळपट).—a (śiḷā A slab or flat stone.) Of which the impression is somewhat effaced or is obscure;--as a. coin, seal, stamp. 2 Blunted or dullened;--as the edge of a weapon or tool. 3 fig. Slack, tame, languid, spiritless;--used of man, proceedings, a business.
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.
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