Sheel: 1 definition

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Sheel means something in Hindi. 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.

Ambiguity: Although Sheel has separate glossary definitions below, it also represents an alternative spelling of the word Shila.

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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Sheel in Hindi refers in English to:—(nm) modesty; piety, virtue, moral conduct; chastity; (mental) disposition; used as a suffix to denote natural or acquired disposition of aptitude (as [pragatishila, krodhashila], etc.); -[tyaga] abandonment of modesty; ~[dhari] well-behaved, modest; -[bhamga] outrage of modesty; ~[varjita] devoid of modesty/moral conduct; —[todana] to become harsh, to be blunt; to outrage the modesty (of); —[na hona] to have no modesty; —[nibhana] to stick to one’s own disposition; to be good inspite of provocation; to retain one’s modesty..—sheel (शील) is alternatively transliterated as Śīla.

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