Shilasana, Śilāsana, Shila-asana: 6 definitions
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Shilasana means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit. 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.
The Sanskrit term Śilāsana can be transliterated into English as Silasana or Shilasana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryŚilāsana (शिलासन).—
1) a slab of stone used as a seat.
2) benzoin.
Derivable forms: śilāsanam (शिलासनम्).
Śilāsana is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śilā and āsana (आसन).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚilāsana (शिलासन).—n.
(-naṃ) 1. Benzoin or Storax. 2. A stone bench or seat. E. śilā a stone or rock, and asana abiding or āsana a seat.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Śilāsana (शिलासन):—[from śilā] n. (lās) a st° seat, [Horace H. Wilson]
2) [=śilā-sana] [from śilāsana > śilā] mfn. seated on a st°, [Rāmāyaṇa]
3) [v.s. ...] n. bitumen, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
4) [v.s. ...] benzoin or storax, [Horace H. Wilson]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryŚilāsana (शिलासन):—[śilā-sana] (naṃ) 1. n. Benzoin or storax, a stone seat.
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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 corpusŚilāsana (ಶಿಲಾಸನ):—[noun] a seat made of a stone or a seat carved in a rock.
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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Partial matches: Shila, Asana, Shana, Cila.
Full-text: Asana.
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