The Sanskrit terms Sālaṃkṛtā and Sālaṅkṛtā and Śāḷaṅkṛta and Śālaṅkṛta can be transliterated into English as Salamkrta or Salamkrita or Salankrta or Salankrita or Shaliankrita or Shalankrita, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Sālaṃkṛtā (सालंकृता) refers to “she who is fully bedecked in ornaments”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.34 (“The Story of Anaraṇya”).—Accordingly, after king Anaraṇya was advised: “On hearing the words of the wise, the king lamented again and again but ultimately offered his daughter fully bedecked in ornaments (sālaṃkṛtā) to the excellent sage. O mountain, accepting and marrying the beautiful maiden Padmā, on a par with goddess Lakṣmī, in accordance with holy laws, the delighted sage returned to his abode. [...]”.

context information

The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s 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.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

śāḷaṅkṛta (शाळंकृत).—& śāḷaṅkṛtakanyādāna Corrupted from sālaṅkṛta &c.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

śāḷaṅkṛta (शाळंकृत) [or śā?B kanyādāna, or शा?B कन्यादान].—Corrupted from sālaṅkṛta.

context information

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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Sālaṃkṛta (ಸಾಲಂಕೃತ):—[adjective] = ಸಾಲಂಕಾರ [salamkara].

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Alankrita, Alamkrita, Ca, Sha.

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