As a deity name
Name 149 of the Saraswati Sahasranāma — Skanda Purana, as taught by Lord Brahma / Sages
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
N. of a woman
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M1 · same meaning "śīlavatyai" is the dative of "śīlavatī" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M1 · same meaning "śīlavatyai" is the dative of "śīlavat" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
M3 · meaning shifts "śīlavat" is derived from "śīla" with the matup suffix — a related word whose meaning shifts, so both meanings are shown.
śīla n. (and m. g. ardharcādi; ifc. f(ā). ) habit, custom, usage, natural or acquired way of living or acting, practice, conduct, disposition, tendency, character, nature (often ifc. = ‘habituated’ or ‘accustomed’ or ‘disposed’ or ‘addicted to’, ‘practising’; cf. guṇa-, dāna-, puṇya-ś˚ &c.), VS. &c. &c. good disposition or character, moral conduct, integrity, morality, piety, virtue, Mn.; MBh. &c.
(with Buddhists śīla, ‘moral conduct’, is one of the 6 or 10 perfections or Pāramitās [q.v.] and is threefold, viz. sambhāra, kuśala-saṃgrāha, sattvārtha-kriyā, Dharmas. 106)
śīla—vat mfn. possessed of a good disposition or character, well-conducted, moral, Mn.; MBh. &c.
(ifc.) having the custom or practice of VarBṛS.
Related forms
Dictionary citations
śīla—vatī f. N. of a woman, Kathās.
śīla—vat mfn. possessed of a good disposition or character, well-conducted, moral, Mn.; MBh. &c.
(ifc.) having the custom or practice of VarBṛS.
śīla n. (and m. g. ardharcādi; ifc. f(ā). ) habit, custom, usage, natural or acquired way of living or acting, practice, conduct, disposition, tendency, character, nature (often ifc. = ‘habituated’ or ‘accustomed’ or ‘disposed’ or ‘addicted to’, ‘practising’; cf. guṇa-, dāna-, puṇya-ś˚ &c.), VS. &c. &c. good disposition or character, moral conduct, integrity, morality, piety, virtue, Mn.; MBh. &c.
(with Buddhists śīla, ‘moral conduct’, is one of the 6 or 10 perfections or Pāramitās [q.v.] and is threefold, viz. sambhāra, kuśala-saṃgrāha, sattvārtha-kriyā, Dharmas. 106)
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