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śīशीcl. 2. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxiv, 22]) śéte (with Guṇa throughout the pr. stem : thus, śáye [in [RV.] also 3. sg.], śéṣe &c., 3. pl. śérate [in [AV.] also śére and Class. śayire]; Pot. śáyīta, [RV.] &c.; Impv. śetām and śayām, [AV.]; impf. aśeta, [ŚBr.] &c., 3. pl. aśerata [in [RV.] also áśeran], p. śáyāna, [RV.] &c.; Ved. and ep. also cl. 1. śáyate, °ti; impf. áśayat and aśāyata, [RV.]; pf. śiśye, śiśyire, [Br.]; p. Ved. śaśayāná, Class. śiśyāna; aor. aśayiṣṭa Subj. śéṣan, [RV.]; fut. śayitā, [Up., 2.] sg. °tā́se, [ŚBr.]; śayiṣyate, °ti, [Br.]; śeṣyate, °ti, [MBh.]; inf. śayádhyai, [RV.]; śayitum, [MBh.]; ind.p. śayitvā, [Up.] &c.; -śayya, [Kāv.]), to lie, lie down, recline, rest, repose, [RV.] &c. &c.; to remain unused (as Soma), [TS.]; to lie down to sleep, fall asleep, sleep, [GṛŚrS.]; [MBh.] &c.; (with patye) to lie down to a husband (for sexual intercourse), [Pat.]; (madanena-√ śī = ‘to be impotent’), [VarBṛS.] : Pass. śayyate Gr. (aor. aśāyi, [ib.], pr.p. once in [MBh.] śīyat) : Caus. śāyayati, °te (aor. aśīśayat), to cause to lie down, lay down, put, throw, fix on or in (loc.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to cause to lie down, allow to rest or sleep, [Bhaṭṭ.]; [Rājat.]; [BhP.] : Desid. śiśayiṣate, to wish to rest or sleep, [Daś.] : Intens. śāśayyate, śeśayīti, śeśeti Gr. [cf. Gk. κεῖσθαι, ‘to lie’; κοίτη, ‘a bed’.]
mfn. (ifc.) lying, resting (see jihma-, madhyama-śī, &c.)
f. sleep, repose, [L.]
devotion, tranquillity, [L.]
(connected with √ 2. śad; cf. [Pāṇ. vii, 3, 78]) cl. 4. Ā. śīyate, to fall out or away, disappear, vanish, [TBr.]; [Bhaṭṭ.]
śībhशीभ्cl. 1. Ā. śībhate, to boast, [Dhātup. x, 20.]
śīkशीक्(also written sīk) cl. 1. Ā. ([Dhātup. iv, 1]) śīkate (pf. śiśīke aor. aśīkiṣṭa &c. Gr.), to rain in fine drops, drizzle, sprinkle, wet, moisten, [Hcar.]; [Bhaṭṭ.]; to go, move, [Dhātup. iv, 11] (v.l.) : Caus. śīkayati, to besprinkle, [Hcar.]; cl. 10. ‘to speak’ or ‘to shine’ (bhāṣārthe or bhāsārthe), [Dhātup. xxxiii, 116] ; āmarṣaṇe or marṣaṇe, [xxxiv, 20]. [cf. Gk. κηκίω.]
śīlशील्(rather Nom. fr. śīla below) cl. 1. P. śīlati (pf. śiśīla &c.), to meditate, contemplate, [Dhātup. xv, 16]; to serve, worship, [ib.]; to act, do, practise, make, [ib.] : Caus. (or cl. 10. P. [Dhātup. xxxv, 26]) śīlayati (aor. aśiśīlat), to do, make, practise repeatedly or exceedingly, be intent upon or engaged in (acc.), exercise, cultivate, [Āpast.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to wear, put on [Gīt.]; to visit, frequent, [Bhām.] (cf. śīlita); to exceed, excel, [Vop.]
m. N. of a man, [Inscr.]
śītशीत्onomat. (also written sīt) a sound made by drawing in the breath (to express any sudden thrill of pleasure or pain and esp. pleasurable sensations during sexual enjoyment).
śīdhuशीधु&c. See sīdhu.
śīlāशीलाśī́lā (ā), f. See below.
f. N. of the wife of Kauṇḍinya, [Vās., Introd.]
(also -bhaṭṭārikā) N. of a poetess, [ŚārṅgP.]; [Cat.]
śīlaशीलśī́la n. (and m. g. ardharcādi; ifc. f(A). ) 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.
cf. [IW. 208]
(with Buddhists , ‘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])
a moral precept (with, [Buddh.] there are 5 fundamental precepts or rules of moral conduct, cf. pañca-śīla), [MWB. 126]
form, shape, beauty, [W.]
śī́la m. a large snake (in this sense prob. fr. √ 1. śī), [L.]
N. of a man, [Buddh.]
of a king, [Rājat.]
śīmaशीमSee duḥ- and su-śī́ma.
śīnaशीनśīná mfn. (fr. √ śyai; cf. śīta and śyāna) congealed, frozen, coagulated, thick, [Car.] (cf. [Pāṇ. vi, 1, 24])
śīná m. a large snake, [L.]
a fool, blockhead (= mūrkha, which is perhaps a w.r. for mūrta), [L.]
śīná n. ice, [VS.]
See p. 1078, col. 2.
śīrīशीरीśīri or f. (cf. sirā) a vein, artery, [MaitrS.]
śīraशीरśīrá mfn. (fr. √ śo) pointed, sharp, [RV.]
śīrá m. a large snake, the Boa Constrictor, [Pañcat.]
, śīra-deva &c. See sīra.
śīriशीरिor śīrī f. (cf. sirā) a vein, artery, [MaitrS.]
śītāशीता(ā), f. spirituous liquor, [L.]
a kind of Dūrvā grass, [L.]
another kind of grass (= śilpikā), [L.]
often w.r. for sītā (q.v.)
śītīशीतीin comp. for śita.
śītaशीतśītá mf(A/)n. (fr. śyai; cf. śīna) cold, cool, chilly, frigid (with ind.p. of √ kṛ either śītaṃ kṛtya, or kṛtvā, g. sākṣādi), [RV.] &c. &c.
dull, apathetic, sluggish, indolent, [L.]
boiled (= kvathita; prob. w.r. for śṛta), [L.]
śītá m. Calamus Rotang, [L.]
Cordia Myxa and Latifolia, [L.]
Azadirachta Indica, [L.]
= asana-parṇī and parpaṭā, [L.]
camphor, [L.]
śītá n. cold, coldness, cold weather, [L.]
cold water, [L.]
Cassia bark, [L.]
See p. 1077, col. 3.
śībhamशीभम्ind. quickly, swiftly, speedily, [RV.]; [AV.]; [TS.]; [Kauś.]
śībhyaशीभ्यśī́bhya mfn. moving quickly, [VS.]
śī́bhya m. a bull, [L.]
N. of Śiva, [L.]
śīghrāशीघ्रा(ā), f. Croton Polyandrum or Tiglium, [L.]
N. of a river, [MBh.]
śīghraशीघ्रmf(A)n. (of doubtful derivation) quick, speedy, swift, rapid (°ghrám ind. and °ghreṇa ind. quickly, rapidly, fast), [VS.]; [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
m. N. of a son of Agni-varṇa, [Hariv.]; [Pur.]
N. of Vāyu, the wind, [L.]
n. (in astron.) conjunction (accord. to other ‘parallax’)
the root of Andropogon Muricatus, [L.]
= cakrāṅga, [L.]
śīkṣāशीक्षाf. incorrect form of śikṣā (q.v.), [TĀr.]; [ĀpŚr.] &c.
śīlinशीलिन्mfn. virtuous, moral, honest, [MBh.]
(ifc.) having the custom of, habituated or used to, practising, [ib.]; [Hariv.] &c.
śīrṇaशीर्णśīrṇá mfn. (fr. √ śṝ) broken or rent asunder, shivered, crushed, shattered, injured, [ŚBr.] &c. &c.
fallen away or out, [MBh.]; [R.]; [Rājat.]
broken away, burst or overflowed (as river-water that has burst its banks), [Nir.]
withered, faded, shrivelled, shrunk, decayed, rotten, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
thin, small, slender, [W.]
śīrṇá n. a sort of perfume (= sthauṇeyaka), [Bhpr.]
śīrṇá See s.v.
śīrṇiशीर्णिf. breaking, crushing, shattering, [Vop.]
śīrinशीरिन्m. a kind of Kuśa grass, [L.]
śīrtaशीर्तmfn. fragile, destructible (in a-śīrtatanu and duḥ-ś°īrta-°tanu, q.v.)
mfn. (fr. 1. √ śrī) mixed (in ā́-śīrta, [RV. viii, 2, 9]; cf. śrītá, p. 1098).
See s.v.
śīrtiशीर्तिf. breaking, shattering, [Kāṭh.]; [ṢaḍvBr.]
śīrviशीर्विmfn. hurtful, injurious, savage, [Uṇ. iv, 54], Sch.
śīryaशीर्यmfn. destructible, perishable (see a-śīrya)
n. a kind of grass, [Gobh.]
śīrṣāशीर्षा(ā), f. a kind of metre, [Col.]
śīrṣaशीर्षśīrṣá n. (connected with śiras; collateral of śīrṣán below, from which it is not separable in comp.; m. only in vasti-ś°, q.v.; ifc. f(A or I). ), the head, skull (acc. with Caus. of √ vṛtśiras with id.), [AV.] &c.
the upper part, tip, top (of anything, as of a letter &c.), [Hariv.]; [Kāv.]
the fore-part, front (in raṇa-ś°, q.v.), [R.]
black Agallochum or aloe wood, [L.]
śīrṣá m. a kind of grass, [Pat.]
N. of a mountain, [W.]
śīrṣeशीर्षेloc. of śīrṣa, in comp.
śītkṛशीत्कृśīt—√ kṛ P. -karoti, to utter the sound śīt, [Gīt.]
śītyaशीत्यmfn. to be cooled or chilled, [MW.]
ploughed, tilled (in this sense more usually sītya), [ib.]
śīvanशीवन्mfn. (fr. √ 1. śī) lying, resting (see uttāna-, talpa-, vahya-ś°);
m. a large snake, the Boa Constrictor, [Uṇ. iv, 113], Sch.;
śīṣṭaशीष्टm. pl. (accord. to some) N. of a people, [RV. viii, 53, 5.]
śībharaशीभरm. = śīkara, fine rain, [L.] (w.r. śībhava)
mfn. = śīphara, charming, delightful, [Harav.]; [Jātakam.]
śīghramशीघ्रम्śīghrám (ám), ind., quickly, rapidly, fast
śīghrinशीघ्रिन्mfn. quick, speedy, hasty, fleet, rapid, [Śikṣ.]
śīghryaशीघ्र्यśī́ghrya mfn. hasty, [VS.]
śī́ghrya n. quickness, speed, rapidity, [MW.]
śīpharaशीफरmfn. charming, delightful, [Daś.]
= sphīta, [L.]
śīharaशीहरm. N. of a scribe, [MW.]
śīkāyaशीकायP. °yati (accord. to [Pāṇ. iii, 1, 17], Vārtt. 1 Ā. °yate; only p. °yát and °yiṣyát), to rain in fine drops, drizzle, sprinkle, drip, [TS.]; [VS.]
śīkaraशीकरm. (mostly pl.; also written sīkara) fine or drizzling rain, drizzle, spray, mist, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
a fine drop of rain or water, [W.]
coldness, [L.]
n. the resin of the Sarala pine or the tree itself, [L.]
mf(A)n. cold, [L.]
śīkitaशीकितśīkitá mfn. rained in fine drops, sprinkled, [TS.]
śīlakaशीलकm. N. of a poet, [Cat.]
n. the root of the ear, [L.]
śīlanaशीलनn. repeated practice, constant study (of the Śāstras &c.), [MBh.]
frequent mentioning, [Pat.]
wearing, putting on, possessing, [MW.]
serving, honouring, [ib.]
śīlatāशीलताśīla—tā f.
śīlayaशीलयSee under √ 1. śī col. 1.
śīlikaशीलिकmfn. accustomed to act (in anyathā-ś°, accustomed to act in another manner), [GopBr.]
śīlitaशीलितmfn. practised, exercised &c.
inhabited, frequented, [Gīt.]
(ifc.) prepared or made of [ib.]
n. practice, conduct, [MW.]
śīpālāशीपालाśī́pālā (ā), f. water or a pool abounding in the above plants, [AV.]
śīpālaशीपालśī́pāla m. n. the plant Blyxa Octandra, [RV.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]
śīrṣaṇशीर्षण्in comp. for śīrṣan.
śīrṣanशीर्षन्śīrṣán n. (for śiras + an; rare in later language; Veda has all cases in sg. except nom. acc.; also has nom. acc. du. pl. loc. pl.; later language has only acc. pl. and remaining cases; cf. also a-, tri-, sahasraś°) the head (also ‘an eminent or illustrious person’, cf. [RV. vii, 18, 24]), [RV.]; &c.
śīrṣinशीर्षिन्śīrṣika and . See a-ś°.
śītādaशीतादm. scorbutic affection of the gums, [Suśr.]; [Bhpr.]
śītāluशीतालुmfn. suffering from cold, sensitive to cold, shivering with cold, [VarBṛ.]; [Śiś.]; [Kathās.]
śītāruशीतारुmfn. sensitive to cold, [L.]
śītībhūशीतीभूśītī—√ bhū P. -bhavati, to become cold (see next).
śītīkṛशीतीकृśītī—√ kṛ P. -karoti, to make cold, cool (trans.), [R.]
śītaguशीतगुśīta—gu m. = -kiraṇa, [Var.]; [Kathās.]
camphor, [A.]
śītakaशीतकmf(ikA)n. cool, [AV.]
sluggish, idle, lazy, [Pāṇ. v, 2, 72]
healthy, [L.]
m. feeling of cold, shivering, [Car.]
the cold season g. yāvādi, [L.]
any cold thing, [A.]
a lazy man, [W.]
a happy or contented man, [ib.]
= asana-parṇī, [L.]
Marsilea Dentata, [MW.]
a scorpion, [L.]
m. pl. N. of a people, [VarBṛS.]
n. a kind of sandal, [L.]
śītalāशीतला(ā), f., see below
f. (only [L.]) sand
Pistia Stratiotes
= kuṭumbinī and ārāma-śītalā
a red cow
small-pox
the goddess inflicting small-pox (cf. comp. and [RTL. 227, 228]).
śītalīशीतली(ī), f. Pistia Stratiotes, [L.]
small-pox, [W.]
in comp. for śītala.
śītalaशीतलmf(A)n. cold, cool, cooling, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
shivering, frosty, [Cat.]
cold i.e. free from passion, calm, gentle, [Aṣṭāv.]; [Prasannar.]
not exciting emotion, not causing painful feelings, [Vikr. iv, 37]
m. (only [L.]) the wind
the moon
Cordia Myxa
Michelia Champaka
= asana-parṇī
a kind of camphor
the resin of Shorea Robusta
m. green sulphate of iron (also m.)
m. bitumen (also m.)
m. a religious ceremony observed on the sun's entering Aries
(with Jainas) N. of the 10th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī
(am), n. cold, coldness, cold weather, [Subh.]
sandal, [L.]
a lotus, [L.]
Costus Speciosus or Arabicus, [L.]
the root of Andropogon Muricatus, [L.]
a pearl, [L.]
śītatāशीतताśīta—tā, f. ([MBh.]; [R.]; [Cāṇ.] &c.) or śīta—tva, n. ([R.]; [Sāh.]) coldness, cold.
śītayaशीतयNom. P. yati, to cool (trans.), [Hariv.]
śīteṣuशीतेषुm. ‘cold-arrow’, N. of a mythical missile, [R.]
śītikāशीतिकाf. coldness, [MW.]
śītodāशीतोदा(ā), f. N. of a mythical river, [Kathās.]
śītodaशीतोदn. ‘having cool water’, N. of a lake, [Pur.]
śīvalaशीवलn. the aquatic plant Blyxa Octandra (= śevāla), [L.]
benzoin or storax (= śaileya), [L.]
śīvarīशीवरीf. an iguana (= godhā), [ib.]
śīghrāyaशीघ्रायNom. Ā. °yate, to become quick or rapid, [Bhaṭṭ.]; to hasten, [MW.]
śīghrīyaशीघ्रीयmfn. quick, speedy, rapid, [MW.]
śīghragaशीघ्रगśīghra—ga mf(A)n. going or moving or running quickly, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [R.] &c.
śīghra—ga m. N. of the sun, [MBh.] of a son of Agni-varṇa, [R.]
of a hare, [Pañcat.]
śīghratāशीघ्रताśīghra—tā, f. ([MBh.]; [Śiś.]) or śīghra—tva, n. ([MBh.]; [R.]; [MārkP.]) quickness, speed, rapidity.
śīghreṇaशीघ्रेण(eṇa), ind., quickly, rapidly, fast
śīghriyaशीघ्रियmfn. (only [L.]) quick, fleet
m. N. of Śiva
of Viṣṇu
the fighting of cats.
śīkarinशीकरिन्mfn. sprinkling, drizzling, scattering spray, [Ragh.]; [Sāh.]
spurting water (as the trunk of an elephant), [Uttarar.]
śīlāṅgaशीलाङ्गm. N. of an author, [ib.],
śīlāṅkaशीलाङ्कmf(A)n. characterized by virtue, [HPariś.]
m. N. of an author, [Cat.]
śīlāḍhyaशीलाढ्यmfn. abounding in virtue, most honourable, [MBh.]
śīlabhājशीलभाज्śīla—bhāj mfn. possessing virtue, honourable, [MBh.]
śīlajñaशीलज्ञśīla—jña mfn. knowing virtue or morality, [Kathās.]
śīlatasशीलतस्śīla—tas ind. according or in regard to moral character or conduct, [Mn.]; [Daś.]; [MārkP.]
śīlatvaशीलत्वśīla—tva n. disposition, inclination, customary practice
morality, virtuousness, [Kāv.]; [Suśr.]
śīlavatशीलवत्śīla—vat mfn. possessed of a good disposition or character, well-conducted, moral, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
(ifc.) having the custom or practice of [VarBṛS.]
śīloṣṇāशीलोष्णाprob. w.r. for śītoṣṇā (q.v.)
śīpalyaशीपल्यmf(A)n. overgrown with Śīpāla plants, [ṢaḍvBr.] (v.l. śaivalya).
śīpudruशीपुद्रुśīpúdru w.r. for cīpú-dru (q.v.)
śīrṇīkṛशीर्णीकृśīrṇī-√ kṛ P. -karoti, to hurt, injure, sting, [Kād.]
śīrṇakaशीर्णकmfn. one who eats withered leaves, [L.]
śīrṇatāशीर्णताśīrṇa—tā f. ([W.]) withered condition, rottenness, decay.
śīrṣaṇīशीर्षणीf. the head of a couch, [VarBṛS.]
śīrṣakaशीर्षकmfn. familiar with the text called śiras, [Baudh.]
m. N. of a Rāhu (the personified ascending node; cf. śīrṣāvaśeṣī-kṛta), [L.]
n. the head, skull, [BhP.]; [Pañcar.]
the top of anything, [L.]
a cap or helmet, [L.]
a garland worn on the head, [Gal.]
judgement, verdict, sentence, result of judicial investigation (cf. next).
śīrṣayaशीर्षयn. N. of a partic. mythical being, [Vīrac.]
śīrṣikaशीर्षिकand śīrṣin. See a-ś°.
śītāṃśuशीतांशुmfn. cold-rayed (-tā, f.; -tva n.), [MBh.]; [R.]
m. the moon, [MBh.]; [Kāv.]; [VarBṛS.] &c.
camphor, [L.]