Shaithilya, Śaithilya: 13 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Śaithilya can be transliterated into English as Saithilya or Shaithilya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

Alternative spellings of this word include Shaithily.

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

[«previous next»] — Shaithilya in Ayurveda glossary
Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)

Śaithilya (शैथिल्य) refers to “flaccidity”, as mentioned in verse 3.29 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—Accordingly, “[...] Alcohol (is) not to be drunk, or to be drunk (only) in small quantities or with much water; otherwise it causes cutaneous swellings, flaccidity [viz., śaithilya], heat, and stupor. [...]”.

Note: The copulative compound śopha-śaithilya-dāha-moha (“cutaneous swellings, flaccidity, heat, and stupor”) has been resolved into a series of predicatively used adjectives: kha bskams lhod thsa daṅ rmoṅs-pa (“dry in the mouth, flaccid, hot, and stuporous”). For śopha (“cutaneous swelling”) the translators read apparently śoṣa (“xerostomia”, given as a variant in the Kottayam edition); CD write kha skom instead of kha bskams, which would mean “thirsty in the mouth”.

Source: gurumukhi.ru: Ayurveda glossary of terms

Śaithilya (शैथिल्य):—[śaithilyaṃ] Looseness of body parts and tissues

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

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Marathi-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Shaithilya in Marathi glossary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

śaithilya (शैथिल्य).—n S Slackness, looseness, laxity, lit. fig.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

śaithilya (शैथिल्य).—n Slackness, looseness, laxity.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śaithilya (शैथिल्य).—n.

(-lyaṃ) 1. Looseness, laxity. 2. Flaccidity. 3. Slackness, remission. 4. Relaxation of rule or connexion. E. śithila, ṣyañ aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śaithilya (शैथिल्य).—i.e. śithila + ya, n. 1. Looseness, laxity, [Bhāgavata-Purāṇa, (ed. Burnouf.)] 5, 7, 11. 2. Flaccidity. 3. Weakness, [Śākuntala, (ed. Böhtlingk.)] 110, 15; cowardice, [Daśakumāracarita] in Chr. 188, 11. 4. Smallness, [Hitopadeśa] 62, 22. 5. Relaxation of rule or connexion. 6. Inattention, [Pañcatantra] 118, 8.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śaithilya (शैथिल्य).—[neuter] looseness, laxity, slackness, remissness, decrease, diminution.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Śaithilya (शैथिल्य):—[from śaithilika] n. looseness, laxity, [Harivaṃśa; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.

2) [v.s. ...] flaccidity, [Suśruta]

3) [v.s. ...] decrease, diminution, smallness, weakness, relaxation, remission, depression (of the mind), unsteadiness, vacancy (of gaze), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature] etc.

4) [v.s. ...] negligence in ([compound]), [Campaka-śreṣṭhi-kathānaka]

5) [v.s. ...] relaxation of rule or connection, [Horace H. Wilson]

6) [v.s. ...] dilatoriness, inattention, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śaithilya (शैथिल्य):—(lyaṃ) 1. n. Looseness, slackness; relaxing.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shaithilya in German

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Hindi dictionary

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Śaithilya (शैथिल्य) [Also spelled shaithily]:—(nm) looseness, laxity; lethargy; flaccidity, relaxation;unsteadiness; laches; negligence, inattention.

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Kannada-English dictionary

[«previous next»] — Shaithilya in Kannada glossary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śaithilya (ಶೈಥಿಲ್ಯ):—

1) [noun] lack of strength; weakness; feeblenes.

2) [noun] the state of being dilapidated; dilapidation.

3) [noun] the quality or condition of being slack, loose or slack; slackness.

4) [noun] the quality or condition of a compound of two consonants being light in composition (that is to be reckoned as a short syllable, if not compounded with a long vowel).

5) [noun] the quality of being not willing to work or exert oneself and being sluggish; laziness; slothfulness; sluggishness.

6) [noun] absence of intention.

7) [noun] the quality, state or fact of being indifferent; lack of interest or concern; indifference.

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Nepali dictionary

[«previous next»] — Shaithilya in Nepali glossary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Śaithilya (शैथिल्य):—n. 1. looseness; laxity; relaxation of rule; 2. slackness; 3. dilatoriness; inattention; 4. weakness; cowardice; faint-heartedness; cravenness;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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