As a deity name
Name 762 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
As a Hindi name
शैल · masculine
mountain; rock, stone, crag
शैल
stony, rocky; mountainous
Śabdasāgara also records: शिला सबंधी । पत्थर का · पथरीला । चट्टानी
Platts (p. 741) also records: Stony, rocky, mountainous
a Hindi word, a tatsama: the Sanskrit word borrowed unchanged into Hindi शैल — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
“Borrowed from Sanskrit शैल (śaila).” — per Wiktionary’s etymology record
śaila mf(ī)n. (fr. śilā) made of stone, stony, rocky, MBh.; Hariv. &c.
stone-like, rigid (with āsana n. a partic. manner of sitting), Cat.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
benzoin or storax
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (6)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "śaila" is the vocative of "śailā" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
śaila mf(ī)n. (fr. śilā) made of stone, stony, rocky, MBh.; Hariv. &c.
stone-like, rigid (with āsana n. a partic. manner of sitting), Cat.
śaila m. (ifc. f(ā). ) a rock, crag, hill, mountain (there are seven [or, accord. to some, eight] mythical mountain ranges separating the divisions of the earth, viz. niṣadha, hema-kūṭa, nīla, śveta, śṛṅgin, mālyavat, gandha-mādana, VP.), Mn.; MBh. &c.
śaila m. N. of the number ‘seven’, Gaṇit.
a dike, MW.
śailā f. N. of a nun, Divyāv.
Alternative readings
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