The Sanskrit term Śithilī can be transliterated into English as Sithili or Shithili, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: ORA: Amanaska (king of all yogas): A Critical Edition and Annotated Translation by Jason Birch

Śithilī (शिथिली) [=Śithila?] refers to “(being) relaxed”, according to the Amanaska Yoga treatise dealing with meditation, absorption, yogic powers and liberation.—Accordingly, as Īśvara says to Vāmadeva: “[...] [The yogin] whose whole body is held relaxed (śithilī-kṛta), [even] up to the tip of his toenails and the tuft of hair on the crown of his head, is free from all thoughts and movement, both externally and internally. [...]”.

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

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Sanskrit dictionary

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

1) Śithilī (शिथिली):—[from śithila > śithira] a f. a kind of tawny-coloured ant (said to be a variety of the white ant), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [from śithira] b in [compound] for śithila.

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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.

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Starts with: Shithilibhu, Shithilibhuta, Shithilikar, Shithilikaran, Shithilikarana, Shithilikri, Shithilikrita, Shithilishanti, Shithilisu, Shithilita, Shithilitajya, Shithilitamrinala.

Ends with: Prashithili.

Full-text: Shithilikrita, Shithilikarana, Shithilibhuta, Shithilikri, Shithilibhu, Shithilishanti, Sushithilikrita, Bhu.

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Dhammapada (Illustrated) (by Ven. Weagoda Sarada Maha Thero)

Verse 277-279 - The Story of Five Hundred Monks < [Chapter 20 - Magga Vagga (The Path‌)]

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