shakal hindoo manyataoan aur pauranik mahakavy mahabharat ke ullekhanusar madr desh ki rajadhani thi. d aau. phlit ke matanusar adhunik 'syalakot' hi mahabharatakalin shakal hai.
tika tippani aur sandarbh
mahabharat shabdakosh |lekhak: es. pi. paramahans |prakashak: dilli pustak sadan, dilli |sankalan: bharat diskavari pustakalay |prishth sankhya: 105 |