शीर्षन् शीलन

शील

शील [शील् अच्]
1 A large serpent (the boa)
−लं
1 Disposition, nature, character, tendency, inclination, habit, custom; समानशीलव्यस- नेषु सख्यं Subhāsh; frequently at the end of comp. in the sense of disposed or habituated to’, ‘in‘dulging in’, ‘prone to’, ‘addicted to’, ‘attached to’ &c; as कलह- शील ‘disposed to quarrel’, ‘quarrelsome’; भावनशील ‘disposed or apt to think'; so दातº, मृगयाº, दयाº, पुण्यº, आश्वासनº &c.
2 Conduct, behaviour in general.
3 Good disposition or character; good nature; शीलं परं भूषणं Bh. 2. 82; Pt. 5. 2.
4 Virtue; morality, good conduct, virtuous life, chastity, uprightness; दैर्भंव्यान्नृपतिर्विनश्यति… शीलं खलोपास- नात् Bh. 2. 42, 39; तथा हि ते शील- मुदारदर्शने तपस्विन मप्युपदशेतां गतं Ku. 5. 36. Ki. 11. 25; Pt. 1. 169; R. 10. 70.
5 Beauty, good form.
−Comp.
−खंडनं violation of morality or chastity; Pt. 1.
−धारिन् m. an epithet of Śiva.
−वंचना violation of chastity; ग्राप्तेयं शील- वंचना Mk. 1. 44.
−वृत्त a. wellbehaved, virtuous. (
−त्त) good or virtuous conduct, good breeding.
−वृत्तिः f. virtue.

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