[śal-yat] 1 A spear, javelin, dart.

2 An arrow, a shaft; śalyaṃ nikhā- tamudahārayatāmurastaḥ R. 9. 78; śalyaprotaṃ 9. 75; avagacchati mūḍhacetanaḥ priyanāśaṃ hṛdi śalyamarpitaṃ R. 8. 88, Ś. 6. 8, V. 2. 10.

3 A thorn, splinter.

4 A pin, peg, stake (said to be m. also in these four senses).

5 Any ex- traneous substance lodged in the body and giving it very great pain; alātaśalyaṃ U. 3. 35; apanītāśeṣaśalyaḥ...