The Sanskrit term Śaileśī can be transliterated into English as Sailesi or Shaileshi, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Jainism

Jain philosophy

Source: archive.org: Anekanta Jaya Pataka of Haribhadra Suri

Śaileśī (शैलेशी) refers to a kind of condition wherein one is as steady–motionless (as the lord of mountains i.e. Meru), as mentioned in the Anekāntajayapatākā-prakaraṇa, a Śvetāmbara Jain philosophical work written by Haribhadra Sūri.—[Cf. Vol. II, P. 210, l. 19]—[vide p. 224, l. 24]

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General definition (in Jainism)

Source: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra

Śaileśī (शैलेशी) refers to a type of meditation.—Śaileśī refers to the outward condition—complete absence of any movement. The fourteenth guṇasthāna, the fourth śukladhyāna and śaileśī are all practically synonymous. They last only long enough for the utterance of five short vowels (a, i, u, ṛ, ḷ).

Source: OpenEdition books: Vividhatīrthakalpaḥ

Śailesī (शैलेसी) in Sanskrit refers to the “last stage of the elimination of karman”, and represents a Jaina technical term mentioned in the Vividhatīrthakalpa by Jinaprabhasūri (13th century A.D.): an ancient text devoted to various Jaina holy places (tīrthas).—(Glasenapp 1915 p. 114).

Source: Sacred Texts: Uttaradhyayana Sutra

Śaileśī (शैलेशी)(=selesī) is the avasthā (or condition) of Meru (=Śaileśī), according to the Uttarādhyayana-sūtra chapter 29 (“The Exertion in Righteousness”).—Accordingly, “By possession of conduct he obtains a stability like that of the king of mountains (viz. Meru) [i.e., selesī], whereby a houseless monk destroys the four remnants of Karman which even a Kevalin possesses; after that he obtains perfection, enlightenment, deliverance, and final beatitude, and puts an end to all misery”.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Śaileśī (शैलेशी) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Selesī.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Ishin, Isi, Shaila, Icin, Ici.

Full-text: Selesi, Shailesha, Meru, Upagrahikarma, Ayogikevali.

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