शल्य [ śalya ] [ śalya ] m. n. (ifc. f ( [ ā ] ) .) a dart , javelin , lance , spear , iron-headed weapon ( cf. [ upa-ś ] ) , pike , arrow , shaft (also the point of an arrow or spear and its socket) Lit. RV.

  anything tormenting or causing pain (as a thorn , sting ) , or (in med.) any extraneous substance lodged in the body and causing pain (e.g. a splinter , pin , stone in the bladder ; also applied to the fetus , and , as a branch of medicine , to " the extraction of splinters or extraneous substances " ) Lit. MBh. Lit. R. Lit. Suśr.

  a fault , defect Lit. Hariv. ( cf. [ karma-ś ] )

  [ śalya ] m. a porcupine Lit. BhP.

  a kind of fish Lit. L.

  a fence , boundary Lit. L.

  Vanguieria Spinosa Lit. L.

  Aegle Marmelos Lit. L.

  N. of an Asura Lit. Hariv. Lit. VP.

  of a king of Madra (maternal uncle of the sons of Pāṇḍu and esp. of Nakula and Saha-deva , Madrī the wife of Pāṇḍu being sister to Śalya) Lit. MBh. Lit. Hariv.

  of another king Lit. Rājat.

  [ śalyā ] f. a kind of dance ( mentioned together with [ lāsya ] and [ calita ] ) Lit. Kāvyâd. i , 39 (v.l. [ sāmya ] )

  [ śalya ] n. an iron crow Lit. L.

  poison Lit. L.

  abuse , defamation Lit. L. ,