शीतलाśītalā

शीतला (śītalā) is a Sanskrit word meaning cold, cool, shivering, frosty, free from passion, calm, gentle, not exciting emotion, not causing painful feelings, the wind, the moon. Its 34 recorded definitions are grouped into 9 contexts, among them Specific Plants and Plant Products, Goddess Śītalā / Religious Figure, Minerals and Other Substances.

Definitions: 34

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Specific Plants and Plant Products

11 definitions

Cordia Myxa

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Michelia Champaka

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

asana-parni

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the resin of Shorea Robusta

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Pistia Stratiotes

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

sandal

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a lotus

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Costus speciosus or arabicus

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the root of Andropogon Muricatus

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Pistia Stratiotes

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

1. A female head of a household. 2. Cool and restful like a garden.

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Goddess Śītalā / Religious Figure

5 definitions

Name of the tenth Arhat of the present Avasarpini

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

cool, cold

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the goddess inflicting small-pox

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

The goddess presiding over smallpox

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1. Smallpox. 2. The goddess presiding over smallpox.

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Minerals and Other Substances

5 definitions

a kind of camphor

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

green sulphate of iron

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

bitumen

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

a pearl

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

sand

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Cold, Cool, Chilly

4 definitions

cold, cool

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

shivering, frosty

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

cold, coldness, or cold weather

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Cool, cold, or chilly

— Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Smallpox (Disease)

3 definitions

smallpox

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

small-pox

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Small-pox

— Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Calm, Free from Passion

2 definitions

free from passion, calm, gentle

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

not exciting emotion, not causing painful feelings

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Celestial Bodies / Natural Elements

2 definitions

the wind

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

the moon

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

A Red Cow

1 definition

a red cow

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

Religious Ceremony

1 definition

a religious ceremony observed on the sun entering Aries

— Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)

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Definitions on this page come from 3 works: Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary, Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary. Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.