SalAkA
śalākā (specialized mgs. of Skt. id. ; also śilākā , q.v. ), ( 1 ) app. stick used in counting (so Burnouf ; Kern , magic wand ): (gaṇayeta yadī naraḥ) śalākāṃ gṛhya hastena paryantaṃ naiva so labhet SP 305.14 ( vs ), if a man counted them, taking a counting-stick in his hand, he could never get to the end ; ( 2 ) (= Pali sal°) lot : see s.v. cārayati 1; acc. to Chin. and Jap. on Mvy 9204 , a bamboo stick ; ( 3 ) (= Pali sal°) ticket for food, used by Buddhist monks when entertainment was offered them: (Ānanda, bhikṣūn ārocaya, yo yuṣmākam utsahate śvaḥ Sūrpārakaṃ nagaraṃ gatvā) bhoktuṃ, so śalākāṃ gṛhṇātv iti Divy 44.4, and ff. Just before this, in 43.27 , (tāni puṣpāṇi … Jetavane gatvā vṛddhānte) sthitāni, dhūpo 'bhrakūṭavad [Page524-b] udakaṃ vaidūryaśalākāvat (for vaiḍ°), prob. like a sliver of vaiḍūrya (in color), with ordinary Skt. mg. of śalākā.