Siladhara, Shiladhara: 8 definitions
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Siladhara means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.
In Hinduism
Kavya (poetry)
Source: Wisdom Library: KathāsaritsāgaraŚīladhara (शीलधर) is one of the two sons of king Śrutadhara from Ekalavyā, according to the Kathāsaritsāgara, chapter 74. Accordingly, as a great elephant (gajendra) said to Pracaṇḍaśakti: “... when the king went to heaven, his younger son, named Satyadhara, expelled the elder son, named Śīladhara, from the throne. Śīladhara was angry on that account, so he went and propitiated Śiva”.
The Kathāsaritsāgara (‘ocean of streams of story’), mentioning Śīladhara, is a famous Sanskrit epic story revolving around prince Naravāhanadatta and his quest to become the emperor of the vidyādharas (celestial beings). The work is said to have been an adaptation of Guṇāḍhya’s Bṛhatkathā consisting of 100,000 verses, which in turn is part of a larger work containing 700,000 verses.
Kavya (काव्य, kavya) refers to Sanskrit poetry, a popular ancient Indian tradition of literature. There have been many Sanskrit poets over the ages, hailing from ancient India and beyond. This topic includes mahakavya, or ‘epic poetry’ and natya, or ‘dramatic poetry’.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Dhamma Dana: Pali English GlossaryF Woman or girl who chooses to observe The eight precepts, by pursuing life in the community. Having renounced family life and worldly pleasures, they wear the robe (ochre, pink, orange or brown depending on the region) and shave their head. They are generally designated by the name "nun".
See also: Nuns discipline
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
General definition (in Buddhism)
Source: Amaravati: GlossaryTen Precept nun(s), an order of nuns at Amaravati and Cittaviveka.
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryśiḷādhāra (शिळाधार).—a & ad See under śiḷandhāra.
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śiḷādhāra (शिळाधार).—f or śiḷādhārā f or f pl A stream (or streams) of stones; i. e. rain in torrents, pelting or heavily pouring rain. v paḍa, or, with mēgha, abhra, abhāḷa &c., v ghāla. Ex. dhōkā nāhīṃ mājhyā gavaḷi- yācyā pōrā || sakaḷa hī mārā mhaṇē mēghā || mhaṇūni śi0 ghālī ||.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishśiḷādhāra (शिळाधार).—a & ad Exceedingly heavy; pelting.
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.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śilādhara (शिलाधर):—[=śilā-dhara] [from śilā] m. Name of the chamberlain of Hima-vat, [Pārvatī-pariṇaya]
2) Śīladhara (शीलधर):—[=śīla-dhara] [from śīla > śīl] mfn. maintaining or possessing v°, virtuous, honourable, [Bhāgavata-purāṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] m. Name of a man, [Kathāsaritsāgara]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚīladhara (शीलधर):—[śīla-dhara] (raḥ-rā-raṃ) a. Having good qualities.
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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: Shila, Dhara, Cila, Tara.
Starts with: Cilataran.
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Full-text: Bhimabhata, Shilanadhara, Shilandhara, Satyadhara, Samaseri, Samarabhata, Ugrabhata, Shrutadhara, Sutasoma.
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Notices of Sanskrit Manuscripts (by Rajendralala Mitra)
Page 293 < [Volume 3 (1874)]
Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra (by Gelongma Karma Migme Chödrön)
Mahāsutasoma-jātaka (story of Sutasoma and Kalmāṣapāda) < [Part 4 - The Bodhisattva in the Abhidharma system]
Act 5.8: The weak, the sick and the crippled are healed < [Chapter XIV - Emission of rays]
Kathasaritsagara (the Ocean of Story) (by Somadeva)
Chapter LXXIV < [Book XII - Śaśāṅkavatī]