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Fossilized shell, typically in the form of spherical, black-coloured Ammonoid fossils of the Devonian-Cretaceous period, used in Vaishnava Hinduism as aniconic representations of Vishnu, usually collected from river-beds or banks

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  • भगवान विष्णु का सांकेतिक स्वरूप (hi)
  • неканонический образ Вишну в форме тёмного округлого камня с берегов реки Кали-Гандаки в Непале (ru)
  • یک نوع سنگ فسیل شده (fa)
  • বিশেষ ধরনের পাথর (bn)
  • versteende schelp die in Zuid-Azië als iconisch symbool wordt gebruikt (nl)
  • fossilized shell, typically in the form of spherical, black-coloured Ammonoid fossils of the Devonian-Cretaceous period, used in Vaishnava Hinduism as aniconic representations of Vishnu, usually collected from river-beds or banks (en)
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  • The shaligrama shila originated due to Vishnu being cursed by Tulasi, an incarnation of his wife, Lakshmi , to transform into a stone (en)
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  • 1940.0 (dbd:second)
  • Popular print, album .jpg (en)
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  • Shaligram (en)
  • Shalágrama shilá (es)
  • Saligrama (it)
  • Śaligrama (pl)
  • Шалаграма-шила (ru)
  • Шалаграма-шила (uk)
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