शल्य—पर्वन् n. n.N. of the ninth book of the
महा-भारत, (this book describes how, on the death of
कर्ण,
शल्य, king of
मद्र, was appointed to the command of the
कुरु army, and how a combat with maces took place between
शल्य and
भीम, and another great battle between
शल्य and
युधि-ष्ठिर, in which the former was at last killed).