Talk:Shaligram

Requested move

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The result of the move request was: moved. New title is sourced, more recognizable and natural in English.  Mini  apolis  21:55, 21 February 2013 (UTC)

Sila (murti) → Shaligram – WP:COMMONNAME Redtigerxyz  Talk 13:47, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
 * This is a WP:VAGUEWAVE. Can you elaborate, preferably with some numbers or references to reliable sources? --BDD (talk) 17:52, 7 February 2013 (UTC)


 * Weak oppose, but perhaps relist? The article does say Shaligram is even a name of these stones: They are more often referred to as Shaligram Shilas, with Shila being the shortened version. The word Shila translates simply to 'stone' and Shaligram is a less well-known name of Vishnu. Andrewa (talk) 06:28, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Shila is a generic term for a stone. (Shaligram and variant spellings: 1,120,000) v/s  (Shalagram and variants: 112,000; Shalagram is a corruption of Shaligram) v/s  (sila murti: 246,000). The article uses Shaligra/Shaligram/Salagrama. -- Redtigerxyz  Talk 16:33, 8 February 2013 (UTC)
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Image request
This article would benefit from a photograph of a Sila / Shaligram. Chiswick Chap (talk) 12:36, 6 September 2014 (UTC)

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The term "Shalagrama shila" is rarely used in English reliable sources
It's normally just called a shalagrama. Doug Weller talk 12:36, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

Repeated moves/changes of spelling
Here is where you should make a case for the most common English spelling being either śālagrāma or shalagrama (over shaligram). You have now been reverted twice, so please do not move the page again or change the spelling against the stable version or you are edit warring. Dāsānudāsa (talk) 11:30, 23 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Of the several English spellings, if you look at Google scholar very few use diacritics. Shalagrama seems, although not by a large margin, to be the most used. And the "shila' doesn't seem used much., normally just "shalagrama". Doug Weller  talk 13:10, 23 February 2022 (UTC)


 * If we are not using IAST, then the closest approximation in English should be used. Shalagrama and Shaligrama are both used in Sanskrit texts and in English sources. However, Shalagrama seemed to be more common and hence I preferred it. I am fine with either of them. It's just a matter of relative usage. Reo kwon (talk) 14:01, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Here's the Google Books Ngram. Looks again like it's between shaligram and shalagrama, with a slight lead for the former. But it's much of a muchness. I suppose all possible spellings should be included in the lead: "also spelled shalagrama", etc.
 * I don't think there's any need to move the article, though, when no one spelling is clearly the most used.
 * I'm also not sure about moves like this, – is the version with diacritics really more used in English than the one without? Dāsānudāsa (talk) 14:08, 23 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Brahma Sutras are mostly studied in academic circles rather than common folks (unlike Shalagrama Silas). On that end, thought IAST would make more sense. Also helps in pronunciation. Reo kwon (talk) 00:27, 24 February 2022 (UTC)
 * Either Shalagrama and Shaligrama should be the article title as the original word is Sanskrit and not Hindi. That is to say, the word is rendered differently in different Indian languages and the original Sanskrit transliteration should be used like it is for other articles on Hinduism. Reo kwon (talk) 03:24, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
 * How the word is spelt in Hindi and Sanskrit is irrelevant -- the WP:COMMONNAME in English is the only thing that matters here. It's also incorrect to say that other articles are at the original Sanskrit transliteration (by which I assume you mean IAST): articles on deities, for example, are almost universally at an anglicised version (Krishna rather than Kṛṣṇa, Shiva not Śiva, etc.) Dāsānudāsa (talk) 18:40, 25 February 2022 (UTC)

WP:Undue
Hey guys!

Having a look at the Configuration section, although it is insightful, the comprehensive information describing each shaligram does go against WP:Undue. Pulling from this policy, all significant viewpoints that have been published by reliable sources, in proportion to the prominence of each viewpoint in those sources.

Looks like the information has been taken from a non-English source "প্রাণতোষণী তন্ত্র at www.archive.org". Although having a foreign source is allowed, the prominence of the source is what I question of whether it is worth going into such intricate detail.

Overall, I propose that all detail regarding each shaligram should be deleted and the first paragraph remain intact for now.

Please leave your suggestions down below. Thanks! Chilicave (talk) 22:39, 20 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Pinging a few people here @Dāsānudāsa@Redtigerxyz@Reo kwon Chilicave (talk) 14:56, 21 June 2023 (UTC)


 * Chilicave, we can create a daughter list article called "Types of Shaligram". -- Redtigerxyz Talk 17:37, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Hey @Redtigerxyz!
 * Thanks for getting back to me:) Yes, I was reading up on parent and child articles the other day on WP:DETAIL and I think it's a pretty good suggestion. Of course, let's wait a few days to see what others think and then take it from there.
 * Much appreciated Chilicave (talk) 21:12, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
 * @Redtigerxyz
 * Seems like nobody is too concerned about this conversation. Since you have experience in creating daughter articles, would you go ahead and do so?
 * Thank you! Chilicave (talk) 20:09, 25 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I think you should go ahead with creating the new article, @Chilicave. I also agree that it is undue, so you have consensus. Chronikhiles (talk)  06:23, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Hi @Chronikhiles!
 * Yes, I agree with you. The only reason why I didn't get to do this was because I'm not familiar with creating another article. Do you want to help out? Chilicave (talk) 23:47, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Sure, that's easy enough, I'll create Types of shaligrams in a bit. Do try to see if you can find more sources on your end. Chronikhiles (talk)  04:24, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @Chilicave I've created the article with all the content intact from the configuration section. If no one objects to it being its own article, I feel that it can either be condensed or represented in the form of a table, similar to Chaturvimshatimurti. You can go ahead with copyediting it either way. Chronikhiles (talk) 10:37, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Agree. It should be a table. Thanks @Chronikhiles for creating it. @Chilicave, sorry had missed your June 23 message. Redtigerxyz  Talk 06:52, 10 February 2024 (UTC)
 * @Chronikhiles Thank you so much! Let me have a look and see.
 * @Redtigerxyz no worries. Chilicave (talk) 03:46, 11 February 2024 (UTC)