The Sanskrit term Sauśīlya can be transliterated into English as Sausilya or Saushilya, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Sauśīlya (सौशील्य) refers to “good conduct and behaviour”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.7.—Accordingly, after the Goddess (Umā/Śivā) incarnated as Pārvatī by becoming the daughter of Menā:—“[...] In an auspicious hour, in the company of the sages, Himavat named his daughter Kālī and assigned other pleasing names to her. [...] The child was fondly attached to every member of the family, Hence the kinsmen called her Pārvatī, a name befitting her family. The girl had all the qualities of good conduct and behaviour [i.e., sauśīlya-guṇasaṃyutā]. Afterwards when Kālī wanted to perform a penance she was forbidden by her mother who said—“O, no (Umā). Hence O sage, the sweetfaced lady came to be called Umā in the world. [...]”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

sauśīlya (सौशील्य).—n S (suśīla) Possession of a good disposition or temper, goodnaturedness.

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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: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Sauśīlya (सौशील्य).—Excellence of disposition, good morals or character; पराक्रमोत्साहमतिप्रतापसौशील्यमाधुर्यनयानयैश्च । गाम्भीर्य- चातुर्यसुवीर्यधैर्यैर्हनूमतः कोऽप्यधिकोऽस्ति लोके (parākramotsāhamatipratāpasauśīlyamādhuryanayānayaiśca | gāmbhīrya- cāturyasuvīryadhairyairhanūmataḥ ko'pyadhiko'sti loke) || Rām.7.36.43.

Derivable forms: sauśīlyam (सौशील्यम्).

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

Sauśīlya (सौशील्य).—n.

(-laṃ) Excellence of disposition, good morals.

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

Sauśīlya (सौशील्य).—[neuter] goodness of nature or character.

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

1) Sauśilya (सौशिल्य):—[wrong reading] for next, [Pañcarātra]

2) Sauśīlya (सौशील्य):—n. ([from] su-śīla) excellence of disposition, good morals, [Rāmāyaṇa; Bhāgavata-purāṇa]

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

Sauśīlya (सौशील्य):—(lyaṃ) 1. n. Excellence of quality.

[Sanskrit to German]

Saushilya in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Sauśīlya (ಸೌಶೀಲ್ಯ):—[noun] good conduct; righteous conduct.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Starts with: Saushilyam.

Full-text: Saushilyam, Gunasamyuta, Sushila, Dar.

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