Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A sort of stone sacred to Vishnu, and employed by the Brahmans in propitiatory rites.
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She must be accompanied with three gifts, namely, one or more cows, some property in land, and a _salagrama_, which consists of some little amulet stones in high esteem among the Brahmins.
Dr. Scudder's Tales for Little Readers, About the Heathen. Dr. John Scudder
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