The Sanskrit term Śītalavāta can be transliterated into English as Sitalavata or Shitalavata, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śītalavāta (शीतलवात).—a cool breeze.

Derivable forms: śītalavātaḥ (शीतलवातः).

Śītalavāta is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śītala and vāta (वात).

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

Śītalavāta (शीतलवात).—m.

(-taḥ) A cool wind. E. śītala, and vāta wind.

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

Śītalavāta (शीतलवात):—[=śītala-vāta] [from śītala > śīta] m. a cool breeze, cold wind, [ib.]

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

Śītalavāta (शीतलवात):—[śītala-vāta] (taḥ) 1. m. A cool wind.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Partial matches: Shitala, Vata.

Starts with: Shitalavataka.

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