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Shalagrama means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi. 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 term 艢腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 can be transliterated into English as Salagrama or Shalagrama, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

厂腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 (啶膏ぞ啶侧啷嵿ぐ啶距ぎ) refers to a place at the origin of river Ga峁囜笉ak墨. There are various kinds of stone figures which are called 厂腻濒补驳谤腻尘补s. These 厂腻濒补驳谤腻尘补s themselves have orginated from portions of Vi峁ａ箛u. That is why those stones are used for making images of Vi峁ａ箛u.

1) 厂腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 is the kind of ammonite, used for making the image of Vi峁ａ箛u.

2) Mah膩vi峁ａ箛u is known by the name 厂腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 also.

3) 厂腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 is the name of the place from where the river Ga峁囜笉ak墨, which flows through Nepal, starts. This 厂腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 is considered to be a holy place. Mah膩vi峁ａ箛u and other gods always dwell in this place. 厂腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 is the name of Vi峁ａ箛u who dwells in 厂腻濒补驳谤腻尘补.

Different classes of 蝉腻濒补驳谤腻尘补蝉:

尝补办峁墨苍腻谤腻测补峁嘺.
尝补办峁墨箩补苍腻谤诲补苍补.
搁补驳丑耻苍腻迟丑补.
痴腻尘补苍补.
艢谤墨诲丑补谤补.
顿腻尘辞诲补谤补.
搁补峁嘺谤腻尘补.
搁腻箩补谤腻箩别艣惫补谤补.
Ananta.
惭补诲丑耻蝉奴诲补苍补.
厂耻诲补谤艣补苍补.
骋补诲腻诲丑补谤补.
贬补测补驳谤墨惫补.
狈腻谤补蝉颈峁僪补.
尝补办峁墨苍补谤补蝉颈峁僪补.
痴腻蝉耻诲别惫补.
Pradyumna.
厂补峁卥补谤峁峁嘺.
Aniruddha.

: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

艢腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 (啶多ぞ啶侧啷嵿ぐ啶距ぎ) refers to a type of 鈥渟tone鈥� (worn around the neck), according to the 艢ivapur膩峁嘺 2.3.31 (鈥淒escription of 艢iva鈥檚 magic鈥�).鈥擜ccordingly, after the Gods eulogised 艢iva: 鈥淭hen the lord 艢iva who is favourably disposed to his devotees, the lord of magic and free from aberrations went to the lord of mountains. [...] He was in the guise of a saintly Brahmin. He was repeating the name of Vi峁ａ箛u with devotion. He had the garland of crystal beads in his hand and the 艢膩lagrama stone round his neck. On seeing that extraordinary guest, Himavat with his attendants stood up in reverence and prostrated before him with devotion. [...]鈥�.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1) 艢腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 (啶多ぞ啶侧啷嵿ぐ啶距ぎ).鈥擳he place where Pulastya and Pulaha had their hermitages. Sages of this locality visited Dv膩rak膩;¹ fit for 艣r膩ddha performance;² sacred to Mah膩dev墨 and the Pit峁泂;³ the N膩gar膩峁� 迟墨谤迟丑补 at.⁴

1) Bh膩gavata-pur膩峁嘺 V. 8. 30; X. 90. 28 [3].
2) Brahm膩峁囜笉a-pur膩峁嘺 III. 13. 89; 25. 66;
3) Matsya-pur膩峁嘺 13. 33; 22. 62.
4) V膩yu-pur膩峁嘺 77. 88-89.

2) 厂腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 (啶膏ぞ啶侧啷嵿ぐ啶距ぎ).鈥擳he place to which 膧gn墨dhra retired after dividing Jamb奴dv墨pa among his nine sons;¹ yoga practised by Bharata at.²

1) Vi峁ａ箛u-pur膩峁嘺 II. 1. 24.
2) Ib. II. 1. 34; 13. 4 and 34.

: Shodhganga: Temples and cult of Sri Rama in Tamilnadu

Salagrama refers to one of the 108 divyadesas according to Priyavaccan Pillai鈥檚 compendium of the Ramayana based on the Nalayirativviyappirapantam.鈥擲alagrama is in Nepal. Salagrama is a sacred stone that is available in the River Khandaki. It is about 275 kms from Kathmandu (called Janakapuri), capital of Nepal.

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The Purana (啶啶班ぞ啶�, pur膩峁嘺s) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India鈥檚 vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Shilpashastra (iconography)

: archive.org: Pratima Kosa Encyclopedia of Indian Iconography - Vol 6

艢腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 (啶多ぞ啶侧啷嵿ぐ啶距ぎ) refers to 鈥渁mmonite fossil stones鈥�.鈥斉毮灞舨共蛋宄静� stones are very ancient geological specimens, rendered rounded and smooth by water-currents in a great length of time. They are distinguished by the ammonite (艣腻濒腻, described as 鈥�惫补箩谤补-办墨峁璦鈥�, 鈥渁damantine worms鈥�) which having entered into them for residence, are fossilized in course of time, leaving discus-like marks inside the stone. Such marks alone make the stone eligible to be called a 艣腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 and worshipped. Legends describe that Vi峁ａ箛u himself enters into these stones in the form of 艣腻濒补 creatures and makes his presence felt by the discus-marks. Thus a 艣腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 is verily the image of Vi峁ａ箛u.

艢腻濒补驳谤腻尘补s (ammonite fossil stones), recovered from the Ga峁囜笉aki river-bed in Nep膩l, are regarded as exceedingly precious and sacred. Vi峁ａ箛nu is believed to be present in them, and these stones require neither consecration nor any ritual in fusion of divinity in them; they are worship-worthy as they are.

The 艣腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 to become one must not only have one or more discus-like marks (cakras) near an opening in the stone (called 鈥榲adana鈥�, 鈥渕outh鈥� or 鈥�艣墨濒补-诲惫腻谤补鈥�, 鈥渢he gate by which the 艣腻濒补 had entered鈥�), but also lines, scratches or holes on the surface suggesting several emblems of Vi峁ａ箛u, like 惫补苍补-尘腻濒腻 (garland), padma (lotus), 驳补诲腻 (mace), kaustubha (chest-ornament) and so on. Perfectly smooth (snigdha) and blue-black (mecaka) 艢腻濒补驳谤腻尘补s are regarded as best if the colour is like washed coal or bluish, the 艣腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 stone is of midling merit If the colour is tawny (辫颈峁単补濒补), yellowish (辫墨迟补), ash-grey (诲丑奴尘腻产丑补) or red (谤补办迟补-惫补谤峁嘺) the stone is to be avoided.

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Shilpashastra (啶多た啶侧啶ざ啶距じ啷嵿い啷嵿ぐ, 艣ilpa艣膩stra) represents the ancient Indian science (shastra) of creative arts (shilpa) such as sculpture, iconography and painting. Closely related to Vastushastra (architecture), they often share the same literature.

Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

: Acta Orientalia vol. 74 (2013): Historical sequence of the Vai峁ａ箛ava Divya诲别艣补蝉

艢腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 (or Muktin膩tha in Nepal) refers to C膩岣穉kkir膩mam, one of the 108 Vaishnava Divya Desam (诲颈惫测补诲别艣补蝉 or divyasthalas), located in the topographical division of Va峁璦n膩峁璾 (鈥淣orth India鈥�), according to the 9th century N膩l膩yirativviyappirapantam (shortly N膩l膩yiram).鈥擳radition would record the Vai峁ａ箛ava 诲颈惫测补诲别艣补蝉 or divyasthalas are 108. The 诲颈惫测补诲别艣补 is a base of the cult of Vi峁ａ箛u in Vi峁ａ箛uism [Vai峁ａ箛avism] tradition. The list of 108 [viz., 艢腻濒补驳谤腻尘补] seems to have reached maturation by about the early 9th century CE as all the 诲别艣补蝉 are extolled in the hymns of the twelve 膧岣籿膩rs.

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Vaishnava (啶掂啶粪啶｀さ, vai峁ａ箛ava) or vaishnavism (vai峁ａ箛avism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (鈥榯en avatars of Vishnu鈥�).

Pancaratra (worship of N膩r膩ya峁嘺)

: archive.org: Catalogue of Pancaratra Agama Texts

1a) 艢腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 (啶多ぞ啶侧啷嵿ぐ啶距ぎ) refers to 鈥減ebbles (used in the daily worship of Hari)鈥�, as discussed in the thirteenth chapter [third book] of the 闯帽腻苍腻尘峁泃补蝉腻谤补蝉补峁僪颈迟补: a P膩帽car膩tra text representing a sectarian glorification of K峁涐梗峁嘺 and R膩dha (i.e., the cult of Radha-Krishna) dated among the latest of the Sa峁僪it膩-type works.鈥擜ccordingly, here Vy膩sa ventures to suggest that one may fittingly alter the offerings advanced to K峁涐梗峁嘺 in 辫奴箩腻 at various times of day as well as change the mantras. The prayogic effects of such variations and substitutes are suggested (1-25). In closing, Vy膩sa says that daily worship of Hari may be done through a 艣腻濒补驳谤腻尘补-pebble, gems, yantras and 尘补峁囜笉补濒补蝉 (26-27).

1b) 厂腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 (啶膏ぞ啶侧啷嵿ぐ啶距ぎ) refers to 鈥渟tones used for worship鈥�, as discussed in chapter 28 of the 笔耻谤耻峁迟迟补尘补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻: a P膩帽car膩tra text consisting of more than 1800 verses devoted to temple-building and the practical concerns of the P膩帽car膩tra priestly community.鈥擠escription of the chapter [蝉腻濒补驳谤腻尘补-濒补办峁峁嘺]: Brahm膩 wants to know about 蝉腻濒补驳谤腻尘补-stones (1). Bhagav膩n says that worship with a 蝉腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 gives relief from all sins, for any such stone represents the place where Hari stands at all times (2-3). The bulk of the chapter is then given over to descriptions of specific types of 蝉腻濒补驳谤腻尘补-stones which, according to their characteristic flaws or marks, are to be identified with certain forms of the Lord for worship. [...]

2) 厂腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 (啶膏ぞ啶侧啷嵿ぐ啶距ぎ) is the name of a sacred region mentioned as 鈥渙ne of the places where God鈥檚 presence is felt鈥�, as discussed in chapter 36 of the 笔补耻峁补谤补蝉补峁僪颈迟腻: a P膩帽car膩tra text of almost 5900 verses divided into forty-three chapters presented as a frame-work dialogue between Pau峁ara and Bhagav膩n dealing with the esoteric meaning of ma峁囜笉ala-designs, worship routines and temple-building.鈥擠escription of the chapter [腻测补迟补苍补-惫颈肠腻谤补]: God鈥檚 presence at certain places [e.g., 厂腻濒补驳谤腻尘补] [...]鈥攈as made these places particularly sacred (5-28). People who live in such places will enjoy certain spiritual benefits (29-84). Those who pollute such places incur double sin, but rebirth in the holy vicinity will give them the more opportunity to atone for their former evil ways (85-125). [...]

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Pancaratra (啶ぞ啶炧啶氞ぐ啶距い啷嵿ぐ, p膩帽car膩tra) represents a tradition of Hinduism where Narayana is revered and worshipped. Closeley related to Vaishnavism, the Pancaratra literature includes various Agamas and tantras incorporating many Vaishnava philosophies.

General definition (in Hinduism)

: salagram.net: Salagram kosha

The Shalagram-stones that are worshipped are only those which are picked up from the Himalayan stream Gandaki. The Shalagram stones are generally associated with Vishnu and are regarded as representations (pratika) of Vishnu; but there are also Shalagram stones representing some forms of Shiva, some forms of Shakti, Surya, and Ganesh. The entire panchayatana worship, an account of which has been given, could be carried out by having the Shalagram stones signifying the five deities.

etymology: The expression Shalagrama, which is of the Puranic celebrity, refers to a particular site in the course of this stream, where the sacred stones were found in profusion. The site was once a village, which was distinguished by the Shala-trees, or by the one grand specimen of the species (as the story told hereafter suggests); hence the name 'Shala-grama'. The word 'Saala' is derived from the root 'shala gatau' (meaning "to move") (anikriti shaalas siddhyati'), and signifies any tree (which is moved by wind 'shalati vayunaa chalatiiti'), but refers principally to the tree mentioned above (cf. the lexicon Visva, which says 'shaalo haale nripa matsya-prabhede sarja-paadape'). Ancient and medieval treatises on Indian medicinal plants give the name of a group of large trees as 'shaladi-varga' (dipterocarpeae), which includes not only the Shala-trees (Shorea robusta), but also Sarja (Vateria indica, Garjana (Dipterocarpus alatus) and Bhimasena-karpura (Dryobalanops aromatica or what is commonly called Sumatra camphor). The Shala-trees grow in the Himalayan foothills, and prevail from Kangra valley to Assam.

India history and geography

: Heidelberg: Glory of the Tiruvanantapuram Padmanabhasvami Temple

艢腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 (啶多ぞ啶侧啷嵿ぐ啶距ぎ) refers to a 鈥渟mall idol used for daily worship鈥�, according to the 础苍补苍迟补艣补测补苍补办峁迟谤补尘腻丑腻迟尘测补, a text talking about the Thiruvananthapuram temple in eleven chapters, written before the 14th century and claiming to be part of the Brahm膩峁囜笉apur膩峁嘺.鈥擯leased by Div膩kara鈥檚 devotion, Vi峁ａ箛u appears before him as a radiant young child. [...] One day, in an extremely naughty mood, the little boy puts the sacred 艣腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 (the small idol used for daily worship) worshipped by sage Div膩kara into his mouth. Seeing this, the sage pushes away the little one with his left hand and the boy runs away from the sage. Leaving the rituals, the sage runs behind him lamenting, saying that he would not be able to live without the boy. [...]

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

艣腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 (啶多ぞ啶侧啷嵿ぐ啶距ぎ).鈥攎 (Properly 艣腻濒颈驳谤腻尘补) The stone sacred to Vi峁ａ箛u.

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艣膩岣穉驳谤腻尘补 (啶多ぞ啶赤啷嵿ぐ啶距ぎ).鈥�& 艣腻岣穒驳谤腻尘补 m Corrupted from 艣腻濒颈驳谤腻尘补.

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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

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

艢腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 (啶多ぞ啶侧啷嵿ぐ啶距ぎ).鈥攁 kind of sacred stone said to be typical of Vi峁ａ箛u, as the Phallus is of 艢iva. 掳啶椸た啶班た (giri) Name of a mountain. 掳啶多た啶侧ぞ (艣颈濒腻) the 艢腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 stone.

Derivable forms: 艣腻濒补驳谤腻尘补岣� (啶多ぞ啶侧啷嵿ぐ啶距ぎ啶�).

艢腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 艣腻濒补 and 驳谤腻尘补 (啶椸啶班ぞ啶�).

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

艢腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 (啶多ぞ啶侧啷嵿ぐ啶距ぎ).鈥攎.

(-尘补岣�) A particular sacred stone typical of Vishnu.

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厂腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 (啶膏ぞ啶侧啷嵿ぐ啶距ぎ).鈥攏.

(-尘补峁�) A stone, a species of ammonite common in the Gandaka river, and worshipped by the Vaishnavas, as a type of Vishnu. E. sa with, ara a ring, 驳谤腻尘补 multitude.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

厂腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 (啶膏ぞ啶侧啷嵿ぐ啶距ぎ).鈥攎. a stone, a species of ammonite worshipped by the Vai峁ａ箛avas.

厂腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms 蝉腻濒补 and 驳谤腻尘补 (啶椸啶班ぞ啶�).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

艢腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 (啶多ぞ啶侧啷嵿ぐ啶距ぎ).鈥擺masculine] [Name] of a sacred village.

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

1) 艢腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 (啶多ぞ啶侧啷嵿ぐ啶距ぎ):鈥擺=艣腻濒补-驳谤腻尘补] [from 艣腻濒补] a m. Name of a village situated on the river Ga峁囜笉ak墨 and regarded as sacred by the Vai峁ａ箛avas (its name comes from the 艢膩l trees growing near it), [Prabodha-candrodaya; Pur膩峁嘺]

2) [v.s. ...] Name of Vi峁ａ箛u as worshipped at 艢膩la-驳谤腻尘补 or as identified with the 艢膩lgr膩m stone, [Mah膩bh膩rata]

3) [v.s. ...] mn. a sacred stone worshipped by the Vai峁ａ箛avas and supposed to be pervaded by the presence of Vi峁ａ箛u (it is a black stone which contains a fossil ammonite and is chiefly found near the above village in the Ga峁囜笉ak墨), [Religious Thought and Life in India 69, 1412]

4) [=艣腻濒补-驳谤腻尘补] b etc. See 1. 艣腻濒补, [column]1.

5) 厂腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 (啶膏ぞ啶侧啷嵿ぐ啶距ぎ):鈥擺=蝉腻濒补-驳谤腻尘补] 蝉腻濒补峁卥a etc. See 艣腻濒, p.1067, [columns] 1 and 3.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

厂腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 (啶膏ぞ啶侧啷嵿ぐ啶距ぎ):鈥�(尘补峁�) 1. n. Ammonite stone viewed as an emblem of Vishnu.

[Sanskrit to German]

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Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), 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.

Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

艢腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 (嗖多簿嗖侧矖喑嵿舶嗖距伯):鈥擺noun] a kind of ammonite or fossil of an extinct species of molluscs, found mainly along the river Gandak, which represents Vi峁ａ箛u.

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厂腻濒补驳谤腻尘补 (嗖膏簿嗖侧矖喑嵿舶嗖距伯):鈥擺noun] = 嗖膏簿嗖侧部嗖椸硩嗖班簿嗖� [saligrama].

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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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16. Icons of Shalagrama (worshippable objects) < [Chapter 4 - Sculpture in the Puranas]

2. Texts on the Art of Sculpture < [Chapter 4 - Sculpture in the Puranas]

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Page 283 < [Volume 14 (1912)]

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Page 88 < [Volume 11 (1911)]

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Chapter LXVI - Description of the specific marks of Salagrama < [Agastya Samhita]

Chapter XLV - Characteristic marks of Shalagrama Stones (Shaligram) < [Agastya Samhita]

Chapter LIV - Progeny of Priya Vrata and incidental description of the Seven Islands of the Earth < [Agastya Samhita]

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On the Date of Visnu Purana鈥檚 account of Bharata and Bhuvanakosa < [Purana, Volume 8, Part 2 (1966)]