- [cālakkirāmam] ''s.'' The Salagrama stone, of a yellow or golden color; a species of ammonite, common in the Gandaka river. It is reverenced by the Vaishnu vas as a representation of Vishnu, being (according to the Skanda Purana) pro duced from the semen which flowed as a river, from the sexual connection of Siva with Vishnu in the form of a female. W. p. 921. SA'LAGRA'MA. ''(c.)''
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