Shaila, Śaila: 23 definitions
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Shaila has 23 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śaila can be transliterated into English as Saila or Shaila, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
Alternative spellings of this word include Shale.
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚaila (शैल):—(von śilā)
1) adj. (f. ī; im [Bhāgavatapurāṇa] ā wohl fehlerhaft) steinern: mahāstra [Mahābhārata 3, 12141.] bhūdhara [Harivaṃśa 4407.] pātra [Suśruta 1, 240, 13.] daśa varṣasahasrāṇi śailī sthāsyasi [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 64, 12. 4, 44, 77.] pratimā [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 60, 5.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 11, 27, 12.] āsana steinähnlich, Bez. einer best. Art des Sitzens [Oxforder Handschriften 11,a, Nalopākhyāna 1.] —
2) m. a) Fels, Felsgebirge, Berg, Gebirge [Amarakoṣa 2, 3, 1. 3, 4, 3, 20.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 3, 1.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1027.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 514.] [Medinīkoṣa l. 54.] [Halāyudha 2, 10. 5, 20.] [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 1, 24. 10, 50.] [Mahābhārata 1, 1123. 6022. 3, 15250.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 1, 39. 34, 8. 2, 25, 7. 48, 10. 54, 38. 4, 36, 8. 44, 115. 6, 108, 19.] [Meghadūta 12.] [?ad 112. Raghuvaṃśa 4, 51. 71. 12, 73. Śākuntala 50. 167. Spr. 3021. 5080. (II) 541, v. l. Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 4, 23. 11, 42. 12, 1. 70, 10.] pakṣabhaṅga [32, 6.] sapakṣakāḥ [Kathāsaritsāgara 25, 43.] [Naiṣadhacarita 22, 44.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 4, 381.] [Prabodhacandrodaja 43, 5.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 28, 22.] varga [Oxforder Handschriften 183,a,13. 191,b,21. 192,b, No. 437. 193,a,25.] śailānāṃ śikharāṇi [Rāmāyaṇa 4, 8, 5.] śikhara [Vikramorvaśī 10, 6.] śṛṅga [Mahābhārata 1, 1164.] [Spr. (II) 2094. 3466.] kūṭa [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 12, 6.] śailāgra [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 3, 2.] mūla [Suśruta 1, 227, 8.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 24, 16.] śilā [Prabodhacandrodaja 67, 10.] mahāśailaśilā [Spr. 3188.] mahā [Mahābhārata 3, 2318.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 71, 4.] am Ende eines adj. comp. (f. ā) [Mahābhārata 3, 10258. 9, 442.] [Rāmāyaṇa] [Gorresio 2, 45, 16. 4, 36, 9. 6, 3, 51.] [KĀM. NĪTIS. 19, 14.] praviralālpa [Suśruta 1, 130, 14.] — — b) aus metrischen Rücksichten für śilā Stein: śailodbhava steinern [Suśruta 2, 356, 5.] — c) Bez. der Zahl sieben (wegen der sieben Hauptgebirge) [GAṆIT.] [MADHYAM. 4.] —
3) f. ī hardness, stoniness [WILSON] nach [ŚABDĀRTHAK.] (unter śailya). —
4) n. Bez. verschiedener Erdharze, = śaileya und tārkṣyaśailaka [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] = śilājatu [Ratnamālā 290.] — [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 77,11.] [Oxforder Handschriften 321,a, No. 761.] — Vgl. krīḍā, caitya, tārkṣya, tuhina, pañca, pāda, pūrva, badarī, maṇi, mantha, mahā, rāja, śrī . Ein etymologisch verschiedenes śailī s. bes.
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Starts with (+135): Shaila-devagriha, Shaila-griha, Shaila-karman, Shaila-rupakarman, Shaila-vardhakin, Shailabahu, Shailabha, Shailabhadra, Shailabhana, Shailabheda, Shailabhitti, Shailabija, Shailacapa, Shailacarya, Shailacitta, Shailada, Shailadhanvan, Shailadhara, Shailadhatu, Shailadhatuja.
Ends with (+66): Ambarashaila, Aparashaila, Ashaila, Astashaila, Avarashaila, Badarishaila, Bhadrashaila, Caitya-shaila, Caityaka-shaila, Catuhshaila, Chatuhshaila, Dhanyashaila, Dharanidharashaila, Durgashaila, Gajashaila, Gandashaila, Gandhashaila, Ghritashaila, Haimashaila, Hemashaila.
Full-text (+312): Tarkshyashaila, Gandashaila, Shailam, Shailaniryasa, Shailakataka, Purvashaila, Shailasara, Padashaila, Shailata, Badarishaila, Shailapati, Shrishaila, Shailaja, Caitika, Shailagra, Shailajana, Shailasetu, Shailadhiraja, Shailadhanvan, Sela.
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