# शीतला (śītalā)

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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.

- **SLP1:** `SItalA`  **IAST:** śītalā  **Devanagari:** शीतला
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shitala
- **Declensions:** 24 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/shitala/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** शीतल (śītala)

## Meanings by context

### Specific Plants and Plant Products (11 definitions)
- Cordia Myxa  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > Cordia Myxa [ ID=218443 ]
- Michelia Champaka  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > Michelia Champaka [ ID=218444 ]
- asana-parni  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > = असन - पर्णी (asana-parṇī) [ ID=218445 ]
- the resin of Shorea Robusta  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the resin of Shorea Robusta [ ID=218447 ]
- Pistia Stratiotes  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > शीतली (śītalī) a ( ई (ī) ), f. Pistia Stratiotes, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=218453 ]
- sandal  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > sandal, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=218456 ]
- a lotus  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a lotus, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=218457 ]
- Costus speciosus or arabicus  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > Costus Speciosus or Arabicus, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=218458 ]
- the root of Andropogon Muricatus  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the root of Andropogon Muricatus, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=218459 ]
- Pistia Stratiotes  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > Pistia Stratiotes [ ID=218486 ]
- 1. A female head of a household. 2. Cool and restful like a garden.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > = कुटुम्बिनी (kuṭumbinī) and आराम - शीतला (ārāma-śītalā) [ ID=218487 ]

### Goddess Śītalā / Religious Figure (5 definitions)
- Name of the tenth Arhat of the present Avasarpini  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (with Jainas) N. of the 10th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī [ ID=218451 ]
- cool, cold  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2B) [Printed book page 1078,1] शीतला (śītalā) a ( आ (ā) ), f., see below [ ID=218452 ]
- the goddess inflicting small-pox  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the goddess inflicting small-pox ( cf. comp. and Religious Thought and Life in India, also called ’Brāhmanism and Hindūism,’ by Sir M. Monier-Williams (Title) 227, 228 ). [ ID=218490 ]
- The goddess presiding over smallpox  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > शीतला (śītalā) [Printed book page 1048-b ] शीतला (śītalā) 2 The goddess presiding over small-pox
- 1. Smallpox. 2. The goddess presiding over smallpox.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > [Printed book page 721-15 ] शीतला (śītalā) f. 1. Small-pox; 2. the goddess that presides over small-pox. [ ID=37927 ]

### Minerals and Other Substances (5 definitions)
- a kind of camphor  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a kind of camphor [ ID=218446 ]
- green sulphate of iron  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > शीतल (śītala) m. green sulphate of iron (also m. ) [ ID=218448 ]
- bitumen  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > शीतल (śītala) m. bitumen (also m. ) [ ID=218449 ]
- a pearl  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a pearl, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=218460 ]
- sand  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 1078,2] शीतला (śītalā) b f. (only Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) ) sand [ ID=218485 ]

### Cold, Cool, Chilly (4 definitions)
- cold, cool  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 1078,1] शीतल (śītala) mf( आ (ā) )n. cold, cool, cooling, Mahābhārata (Title); Kāvya literature (Literary category) &c. [ ID=218437 ]
- shivering, frosty  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > shivering, frosty, Catalogue(s) [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ ID=218438 ]
- cold, coldness, or cold weather  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2B) [Printed book page 1078,1] शीतल (śītala) ( अम् (am) ), n. cold, coldness, cold weather, Subhāṣitāvali (Title) [ ID=218455 ]
- Cool, cold, or chilly  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > शीतल (śītala) ा (śītalā) [Printed book page 721-13 ] शीतल (śītala) (I) a. (f. ला (lā) ) Cool, cold, chilly, पयोधराश्चंदनपंकशीतल (śītala) ा (śītalā) ः (payodharāścaṃdanapaṃkaśītalāḥ) Rt. i.6, R. i.43. [ ID=37920.1 ]

### Smallpox (Disease) (3 definitions)
- smallpox  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > small-pox, Horace H. Wilson, author of first Sanskrit-English dictionary in 1819 (Author) [ ID=218454 ]
- small-pox  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > small-pox [ ID=218489 ]
- Small-pox  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > शीतला (śītalā) [Printed book page 1048-b ] शीतला (śītalā) 1 Small-pox

### Calm, Free from Passion (2 definitions)
- free from passion, calm, gentle  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > cold i.e. free from passion, calm, gentle, Aṣṭāvakra-saṃhitā (Title); Prasannarāghava (Title) [ ID=218439 ]
- not exciting emotion, not causing painful feelings  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > not exciting emotion, not causing painful feelings, Vikramorvaśī (Title) iv, 37 [ ID=218440 ]

### Celestial Bodies / Natural Elements (2 definitions)
- the wind  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > शीतल (śītala) m. (only Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) ) the wind [ ID=218441 ]
- the moon  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > the moon [ ID=218442 ]

### A Red Cow (1 definition)
- a red cow  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a red cow [ ID=218488 ]

### Religious Ceremony (1 definition)
- a religious ceremony observed on the sun entering Aries  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > शीतल (śītala) m. a religious ceremony observed on the sun's entering Aries [ ID=218450 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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