Dāmodara Śālagrāma
Dāmodara Śālagrāma · dāma-udara · śāla-grāma, “the Śālagrāma stone named Dāmodara”
Grammar: masculine noun; the name of a kind of Śālagrāma stone.
Meaning: the Śālagrāma stone that is round and thick, with two cakras clearly seen and no vanamālā (the garland-like line).
In the scriptures: in the Prakṛti Khaṇḍa, Nārāyaṇa tells Nārada the account of the Śālagrāma stones. Śrī Hari tells Tulasī that he will dwell as stone on the bank of the river Gaṇḍakī, and he names the kinds of Śālagrāma found there, with their marks, in order. Dāmodara is the sixth: round and thick, with no vanamālā and two cakras clearly seen. It comes after the Śrīdhara Śālagrāma and before the Raṇarāma (Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Prakṛti Khaṇḍa, Chapter 21).
Sources
- Brahma Vaivarta Purāṇa, Prakṛti Khaṇḍa, Chapter 21