As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
Flacourtia cataphracta (the leaves of which are used in med.)
Verified derivationMultiple readings (9)Why this matches what you typed
M3 · meaning shifts "tālīśa" is derived from "tālī" with the śas suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
tālī (ī), f. (g. kuṇḍādī) N. of a tree (Corypha Taliera, Corypha umbraculifera, Flacourtia cataphracta, Curculigo orchioides, L.), Hariv. 6407; R.; Suśr. &c.
toddy, W.
tālīśa m. Flacourtia cataphracta (the leaves of which are used in med.), R. iv, 44, 55; Suśr. i, iv ff.
tālīśa n. = -pattra, L.
Dictionary citations
tālīśa m. Flacourtia cataphracta (the leaves of which are used in med.), R. iv, 44, 55; Suśr. i, iv ff.
tālīśa n. = -pattra, L.
tālīśa See 1. ˚lī.
tālīśa n. (śaṃ) A tree, commonly Tālīśa or its leaf. E. tāla the corypha, īśa what resembles.
tālī (ī), f. (g. kuṇḍādī) N. of a tree (Corypha Taliera, Corypha umbraculifera, Flacourtia cataphracta, Curculigo orchioides, L.), Hariv. 6407; R.; Suśr. &c.
toddy, W.
Alternative readings
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