[Skt.] n. A stone. pasanamu, rayi. The stone or plank or wood placed at the threshold of a house, gadapakindi trokkudukammi. silamayamu built of stone.silaksaramu sil-aksharamu. n. Engraving, writing on a rock. (Metaphorically,) an irrevocable promise. ratimida cekkina aksaramu. One verse says niluvella amrtasaramu, palukellasilaksarambulu. silajatuvu or silajittu sila-jatuvu. n. Bitumen; red chalk. parvatadhatubhedamu. silapuspamu sila-pushpamu. n. Storax or benzoin. guggilamu, sambrani. silarasamuslia-rasamu. n. A tree called Altingia excelsa. (Watts.) siloccayamu sil-ochchayamu. n. A mountain. parvatamu. silodvasanamu sil-odaasanamu. n. A funeral rite in which a man’s ghost is invoked to sit down on a particular stone and tilodakamulu and vasodakamulu are offered to it for nine days: on the tenth day they remove it by the rite of expulsion (udvasanamu,) caccinapadonadu pasanamunu ettadamanekarmamu.