In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections

Śilāpaṭṭa (शिलापट्ट) refers to a “flat piece of stone”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “On a flat piece of wood or stone (śilāpaṭṭa), on the ground or on sandy soil, the wise [person] should adopt a stable posture for the accomplishment of absorption. Thus, sitting cross-legged, sitting half cross-legged, thunderbolt, hero posture and the previously mentioned pleasant and lotus [postures] as well as abandonment of the body is highly thought of. [...]”.

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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

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

silāpaṭṭa : (nt.) a slab of stone.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Silāpaṭṭa refers to: a slab of stone, a stone bench J. I, 59; VI, 37 (maṅgala°); SnA 80, 117.

Note: silāpaṭṭa is a Pali compound consisting of the words silā and paṭṭa.

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

śilāpaṭṭa (शिलापट्ट).—m S A levigating or grinding slab.

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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

Śilāpaṭṭa (शिलापट्ट).—

1) a flat stone for grinding &c.

2) a slab (of stone) used as a seat, stone-seat.

Derivable forms: śilāpaṭṭaḥ (शिलापट्टः).

Śilāpaṭṭa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śilā and paṭṭa (पट्ट). See also (synonyms): śilāpaṭṭaka.

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

Śilāpaṭṭa (शिलापट्ट).—m.

(-ṭṭaḥ) A flat stone for grinding condiments, &c. E. śilā a stone, and paṭṭa a flat surface.

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

Śilāpaṭṭa (शिलापट्ट).—m. 1. a rocky seat, [Rāmāyaṇa] 2, 105, 6 Gorr. 2. a flat stone for grinding condiments.

Śilāpaṭṭa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śilā and paṭṭa (पट्ट).

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

Śilāpaṭṭa (शिलापट्ट).—[masculine] a slab or seat of stone.

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

Śilāpaṭṭa (शिलापट्ट):—[=śilā-paṭṭa] [from śilā] m. a stone slab (for sitting on or grinding), [Mahābhārata; Kāvya literature; Vāsavadattā]

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

Śilāpaṭṭa (शिलापट्ट):—[śilā-paṭṭa] (ṭṭaḥ) 1. m. A flat stone for grinding condiments upon.

[Sanskrit to German]

Silapatta 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

Śilāpaṭṭa (ಶಿಲಾಪಟ್ಟ):—

1) [noun] a flat, broad and fairly thick piece of stone, used to sit on.

2) [noun] such a slab (usu. fixed on to the floor in the kitchen, for grinding spieces on.

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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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Shila, Cila, Patta.

Starts with: Shilapattaka, Silapattapokkharani.

Ends with: Mangalasilapatta.

Full-text: Shilapattaka, Shilaphalaka, Patta, Mangala.

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