SalAkA 1 A small stick, peg, rod, pin, piece, thin bar (of anything); ayaskAMtamaRiSalAkA Māl. 1. 2 A pencil, small stick (used in painting the eyes with collyrium), ajYAnAMDasya lokasya jYAnAMjanaSalAkayA . cakzurunmIlitaM yena tasmE pARinaye namaH .. Śik. 58 ; Ku. 1. 47 ; yayO SalAkAmaparA vahaMtI R. 7. 8. 3 An arrow. 4 A dart, javelin. 5 A probe or a kind of pointed surgical instrument. 6 A rib (as of an umbrella). 7 A bone (forming the root of the fingers and toes); Y. 3. 85 8 A sprout, sprig, shoot; udBinnayA ratnaSalAkayeva Ku. 1. 24. 9 A paint-brush. 10 A tooth-brush, tooth-pick. 11 A porcupine. 12 An oblong piece of ivory or bone used in gambling. 13 A ruler. 14 The Sārikā bird. Comp. — DUrtaH (forming SalAkaDUrtaH ) a swindler, sharper. — pari ind. an unlucky throw or movement of one of the pieces at a game played with Śalākas: cf. pari or akzapari .