जलशर्करा

Tatpuruṣa compound of जल (jala, “water”) +‎ शर्करा (śarkarā, “grit, gravel”), literally “water-gravel”.

• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /d͡ʑɐ.l̪ɐˈɕɐɾ.kɐ.ɾɑː/

जलशर्करा • (jalaśarkarā) stem, f (Classical Sanskrit)

1. hail, hailstone

   Synonyms: मटची (maṭacī), धाराङ्कुर (dhārāṅkura), ह्रादुनि (hrāduni), वर्षोपल (varṣopala)

   • c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 10.25.9:

     विद्योतमाना विद्युद्भिः स्तनन्तः स्तनयित्नुभिः ।
     तीव्रैर्मरुद्गणैर्नुन्ना ववृषुर्जलशर्कराः ॥

     vidyotamānā vidyudbhiḥ stanantaḥ stanayitnubhiḥ.
     tīvrairmarudgaṇairnunnā vavṛṣurjalaśarkarāḥ.

     Propelled by the fearsome wind-gods, the clouds blazed with lightning bolts and roared with thunder as they hurled down hailstones.

• Monier Williams (1899) “जलशर्करा”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 415, column 3.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “जलशर्करा”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 731