Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5254
Indian Epigraphical Glossary c6.5254
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*Śālina* (CII 4), a kind of householder. *salila-pūrvaka* (IA 9), same as *udaka-pūrvam*, etc. *sallekhanā* (EI 3, 6; SITI), Jain; a religious practice of the Jains; starving oneself to death; starving oneself to death in fulfilment of a vow; same as *samādhi*. *Sa-lohita* (Ep. Ind., Vol. XIV, p. 295), ‘one having the same blood’; a relation. *śalya-traya* (SII 1), the three thorns. *sam* (IE 8-1), abbreviation of *sambaddha*, ‘attached to’, ‘belonging to,’ etc.; possibly also *saṃsakta*, ‘relating to’ (*JAS*, Letters, Vol. XX, p. 204).