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शलाकावृत्ति (zalAkAvRtti)

 
Spoken Sanskrit
English
शलाकावृत्ति zalAkAvRtti
n.
famine of a particular kind
Monier Williams Cologne
English
शलाका—वृत्ति
n.
famine of a partic. kind,
Divyāv.
Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid
English
śalākāvṛtti, f. or nt. (MSV ms. śilākā°, always
MSV °vṛtti, nt. as adj. with or sc. durbhikṣam), lit. stick-operation, n. of a kind of famine: Divy 〔131.21〕 (see s.v. cañcu)
〔132.3〕 śalākāvṛttir nāma tasmin kāle manuṣyāḥ khalu vilebhyo dhānyaguḍakāni śalākayākṛṣya bahūdakasthālyāṃ kvāthayitvā pivanti
iyaṃ śalākāsaṃbaddhatvāc chalākāvṛttir ity ucyate
similarly MSV 〔i.250.16 ff.〕
see line 8 with note.
Schmidt Nachtrage zum Sanskrit Worterbuch
German
शलाकावृत्ति n. [f. ?] Bez. einer best. Hungersnot, Divyāvad. 131, 21 f.
132, 3. 4.