शिलाधातु

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   śilādhātu m S A white aluminous earth, a sort of chalk.

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

शिला—धातु  m.  m. ‘ rock- mineral’, chalk, [L.]

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शिला धातु

    yellow ochre, [L.]
    red chalk, [W.]
   a white fossil substance, [W.]
   an aluminous earth of a white or yellowish colour, [W.]

Shabda-Sagara

शिलाधातु  m.  ( -तुः)
   1. chalk.
   2. red chalk.
   3. A white fossile subs- tance; an aluminous earth of a white colour, and thence consider- ed to be a sort of chalk.
    E. शिला a stone or rock, and धातु a mineral.

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शिला धातु