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Samala, Ś, Ś, Samālā, Shamala: 18 definitions

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Samala means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, 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 Ś and Ś can be transliterated into English as Samala or Shamala, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

One of the two chief women disciples of Vessabhu Buddha. Bu.xxii.24; J.i.42.

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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).

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Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Samala (सम�, “stained�) refers to one of the three kinds of Āūⲹ貹ٳپ (“formless absorptions�), according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra chapter 32. Accordingly, “the thirty-one bad propensities (Գśⲹ) contained in the four ūⲹ and the formations associated with the mind arising within these propensities are stained (samala)�.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many ūٰ of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā ūٰ.

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India history and geography

: archive.org: Nilamata Purana: a cultural and literary study (history)

Ś (शमाल�) is the name of a river mentioned in the Nīlamatapurāṇa. Ś is identified with the river Hanal whose course lies through the pargana named after it.

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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.

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Biology (plants and animals)

: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Samala in India is the name of a plant defined with Vitex negundo in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Vitex negundo f. laxipaniculata Pei (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Symb. Sin. (1936)
· Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique (1788)
· Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, (1883)
· Acta Horti Gothoburgensis (1934)
· Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences. Plant Sciences (1988)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)

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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.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

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: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

samala : (adj.) impure; contaminated.

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

Samala, (adj.) (BSk. samala) impure, contaminated Vin. I, 5; samalā (f.) dustbin S. II, 270 (=gāmato gūthanikkhamana-magga, i. e sewer K. S. II. 203); see sandhi°. (Page 684)

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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.

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Marathi-English dictionary

: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

śala (शम�).—n S Fæces, excrement.

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samalā (समला).—m ( A) The end of a turban or a kamarband, sometimes tucked into the folds, but by bucks and dandies allowed to fly loose.

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samaḷa (सम�).�& ḷy Commonly ḷa & ḷy.

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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.

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Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Ś (शम�).—[ś-첹 Uṇādi-sūtra 1.13]

1) Feces, ordure, excrement.

2) Impurity, sediment.

3) Sin, moral impurity; आशंसमानः शमलं गङ्गायां दुःखितोऽपतत् (āśaṃsamāna� śala� gaṅgāyā� duḥkhito'patat) Bhāgavata 1.13.32.

4) A calamity, misfortune. a. sinful; साध्व्यः कृताञ्जलिपुटाः शमलस्य भर्तुः (sādhvya� kṛtāñjalipuṭāḥ śalasya bhartu�) Bhāgavata 1.16.32.

Derivable forms: ś (शमलम�).

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Samala (सम�).�a.

1) Dirty, foul;, filthy, impure.

2) Sinful.

-lam Excrement, ordure, feces.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Samala (सम�).�(nt. or m., in Pali id., nt., wrongly given as °lā, f., in [Pali Text Society’s Pali-English Dictionary]; compare Vedic, also Bhag.P., śala, and Sanskrit Lex. sa°), filth, or sewer (compare Dīghanikāya (Pali) commentary ii.597.2 samala� nāma gūtha-niddhamana-panāḷi): nāstitā-dṛṣṭi-samale yas- mād asmin nimajjati ū-ⲹ첹- 496.2.

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

Ś (शम�).—n.

(-�) 1. Fæces, ordure. 2. Sin, impurity. E. ś to be quiet, Unadi aff. kalac .

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Samala (सम�).—mfn.

(-la�-lā-�) Dirty, muddy, filthy, foul, impure. 2. Sinful. n.

(-�) Fæces, ordure. E. sa for saha with, mala dirt.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ś (शम�).—n. Impurity, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 2, 8, 5; calamity, 1, 13, 31.

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Samala (सम�).—I. adj. 1. dirty. 2. sinful. Ii. n. fæces, ordure.

� Cf. (cf. malina), [Anglo-Saxon.] smere, smerian, smerwian, smyrian.

Samala is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sa and mala (मल).

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Ś (शम�).—[neuter] stain, spot, fault, blemish.

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Samala (सम�).—[adjective] stained, soiled, troubled.

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

1) Ś (शम�):—[from ś] n. ([Uṇādi-sūtra i, iii]) impurity, sin, blemish, fault, harm, [Atharva-veda; Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Kāṭhaka; Kauśika-sūtra; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

2) [v.s. ...] feces, ordure, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) Ś (शमाल�):�f. Name of a place, [Rājataraṅgiṇī]

4) Samala (सम�):—[=sa-mala] mfn. having stains or spots, dirty, foul, impure, [Vāsavadattā; Bhāvaprakāśa]

5) [v.s. ...] sinful, [Uṇādi-sūtra i, 109 [Scholiast or Commentator]]

6) [v.s. ...] m. Name of an Asura ([varia lectio] ṛm), [Harivaṃśa]

7) [v.s. ...] n. (cf. śala) excrement, feculent matter, ordure, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Ś (शम�):�(�) 1. n. æ.

2) Samala (सम�):—[sa-mala] (la�-lā-�) a. Dirty. n. Filth, fæces.

[Sanskrit to German]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम� (ṃsṛt), 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.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

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

1) Sāmala (सामल) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Ś峾.

2) Sāmala (सामल) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Ś峾.

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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.

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Kannada-English dictionary

: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Ś (ಶಮ�):�

1) [adjective] impure; unclean; dirty.

2) [adjective] religiously unclean; defiled.

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Ś (ಶಮ�):�

1) [noun] anything that renders something unclean; dirt; impurity.

2) [noun] a moral or religious transgressing; a sin.

3) [noun] a defect; a fault; deficiency.

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Śāmala (ಶಾಮಲ):—[noun] a kind of cloth used as a headgear by winding round the head.

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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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Nepali dictionary

: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Sāmala (सामल):—n. 1. expenses or provisions for a journey; 2. daily provisions; materials for food;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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