| Plant name | śāli | | Language | Sanskrit | | Latin name | Oryza sativa L. - please click to view full record | | Sanskrit name | dhānya, vrīhi, śāli | | Hindi name | dhān, cāval | | Tamil name | arici, nel | | Malayalam name | nellu, naveranellu, ari | | English name | Paddy, Rice | | Search occurrence | dhānya, vrīhi, śāli, in the Pandanus database of Sanskrit e-texts | Encyclopedias &
Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1068)
śāli, 2 m. (accord. to some also f.; for 1. see p. 1067, col. 2) rice (often varieties), any grain of a similar character to rice, Mn.; MBh. &c.; the civet-cat, pole-cat, Hcar. (?) L.; N. of a Yaksha (who was transformed into a lion; cf. śāli-vāhana below); pl. grains of rice, rice, R.
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