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शैलोदा (zailodA)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
शैलोदा
f.
N.
of a river,
MBh.
R.
Wordnet
Sanskrit
Synonyms:
शैलोदा
noun
एका नदी
"शैलोदायाः उल्लेखः महाभारते रामायणे अस्ति"
Mahabharata
English
Śailodā, a river. § 295 (Dyūtap.): II, 52, 1858 (MeruMandarayor madhye Śailodām abhito nadīṃ | ye te kīcakaveṇūnāṃ chāyāṃ ramyām upāsante, i.e. the Khasas, etc., who brought pipīlika-gold as tribute to Yudhishṭhira).
पुराणम्
English
शैलोदा / ŚAILODĀ. A river flowing between the two mountains, Meru and mandara. arjuna conquered and subdued the low class people who inhabited the valley of this river. A low-class people known as “Khasas” used to live on the banks of this river under the shade of the dense growth of bamboo trees. These low class people had brought presents of gold for Yudhiṣṭhira's rājasūya. (M.B. Sabhā Parva, Chapter 52. Verse 2).