Silavanta, Shilavanta, Shilavamta: 4 definitions
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Silavanta means something in Buddhism, Pali, Marathi. 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.
In Buddhism
Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)
Source: Dhamma Dana: Pali English GlossaryM/N The one whom mind, speech and conduct are completely rooted into virtue, into ethical virtue.
Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).
Languages of India and abroad
Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryśilavanta (शिलवंत).—a Properly cilavanta.
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śīḷavanta (शीळवंत).—m A division, or an individual of it, amongst the jaṅgama sect.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishśīlavanta (शीलवंत).—a Having good disposi- tion, good-natured.
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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusŚīlavaṃta (ಶೀಲವಂತ):—
1) [noun] a man of good disposition or character; a virtuous man.
2) [noun] a subsect among Vīraśaivas.
3) [noun] ಶೀಲವಂತರ ಓಣಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕೋಳಿ ಮಾಯವಾಯಿತು [shilavamtara oniyalli koli mayavayitu] śilavantara ōṇiyalli kōḷi māyavāyitu (prov.) all are good maids, but whence come the bad wives.
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Sīlavaṃta (ಸೀಲವಂತ):—[noun] (correctly, ಶೀಲವಂತ [shilavamta]) a man of good disposition or character; a virtuous man.
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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Ends with: Dushshilavamta.
Full-text: Shilabhadra, Silasampanna, Shilavana.
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