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śithila शिथिल – loose; slack

adjective · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary adjective

loose; slack

Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

śithilá ·a. loose, flaccid, languid, trembling, feeble.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

Śithila, as, ā, am (according to Uṇādi-s. I. 54. fr. ślath for rt. śrath), loose, loosened, slackened, relaxed, untied, unfastened, undone, lax, flaccid, flabby, not rigid or compact; dishevelled (as hair); dissolved; decayed; languid, inert, weak, unnerved, feeble; ineffective, unenergetic; not strict, not carefully or strictly observed, loosely performed; loosely retained or possessed, abandoned, shaken off; (am), n. a loose fastening; looseness, laxity, slowness; a parti- cular kind of separation or combination of the terms or members of a logical series.

Petersburger 1855 adjective

Original text · German · adjective

śithilá UṆĀDIS. 1,54 (vielleicht ist hier śithira zu schreiben). adj. (f. ā) dass. TRIK. 3,1,8. H. 491. HALĀY. 4,92. tantu KĀTY. ŚR. 4,1,6. TS. 7,1,5,4. nirvī̀ryaḥ śithi̱lo yā̱tayā̀mā schlaff TS. 8,1. KĀṬH. 11,1. KĀṬH. 36,5. KĀṬH. 36,7. rāṣṭra aus den Fugen gehend KĀṬH. 37,12. chandas PAÑCAV. BR. 17,1,12. TS. 6,5,10,3. indro̱ vai śìthi̱la i̱vāpràtiṣṭhita āsīt TS. 7,3,7,1. á˚ WEBER, Nax. 2,303. ŚAT. BR. 1,7,1,11. ŚAT. BR. 2,1,1,9. — navasaṃropaṇaśithilastaruḥ Spr. (II) 90. navamallikākusuma ŚĀK. 41. vāsas MEGH. 69. VIKR. 115. RĀJA-TAR. 4,434. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 139,a, No. 276. bandha SUŚR. 1,66,13. ŚĀK. 39. aśithilaparirambha UTTARAR. 11,12 (15,16). ṛtuparyāyaśithilaiḥ — mayūrāṅgaruhaiḥ (Pfauenfedern) HARIV. 3832. yantra SUŚR. 1,26,1. GOLĀDHY. GOLAB. 2. ˚candanatilaka DAŚAK. 91,7. ˚bhuja Spr. (II) 622. KUVALAY. 125,a. SĀH. D. 67,13. vṛṣaṇau PAÑCAT. II, 143. śithilāvayava BHĀG. P. 4,28,15. kukṣi SUŚR. 1,368,3. gātra MṚCCH. 48,24. deśaḥ ko nu jalāvasekaśithilaḥ locker MṚCCH. 47,1. schlaff, schlotternd, welk von lebenden Wesen R. 3,2,17. ˚prāya (siṃha) Spr. (II) 2027. sainya KATHĀS. 51,170. gokarṇaśithilaścaran unstät wie ein Kuhohr MBH. 2,2324. geschmeidig: paurayoṣitaḥ Spr. 3276. śārdūlaśithilaścaran wie ein Tiger MBH. 4,345. ˚samādhi schlaff, schwach MĀLAV. 23. ˚bandhubhayatrapā KATHĀS. 30,143. kuryurvālapriyatvaṃ śithilam Spr. 2656. bāṣpaṃ kuru sthiratayā śithilānubandham ŚĀK. 90, v. l. sarvā naḥ śithilāḥ kriyāḥ BHĀG. P. 10,46,21. prāṇāḥ R. 4,58,18. jīvita ad MEGH. 112. vāc schwach, zitternd MBH. 13,270. R. 6,85,7. manas unstät MBH. 3,1320. mit einem loc. lässig in: kriyāsu R. GORR. 2,76,32. śithilam adv. nicht fest: tasthau bhuvi RAGH. 15,96. — Vgl. pra˚, śaithilya.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective

Original text · German · adjective

śithilá Adj. (f. ā) locker, lose, schlaff, geschmeidig, schlotternd, sich hinundher bewegend, unstät, zitternd, schwach. Mit einem Loc. lässig in. Adv. śithilam nicht fest.

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive neuter

Original text · English · adjective · substantive neuter

śithila a. [ślath-kilac pṛṣo˚ Uṇ. 1. 53] 1 Loose, loosened, slackened, relaxed. 2 Untied, unfastened; Ś. 2. 6. 3 Severed, fallen from the stalk; arkasyopari śithilaṃ cyutamiva navamallikākusumaṃ Ś. 2. 8. 4 Languid, enfeebled, unnerved. 5 Weak, feeble; aśithilapariraṃbha U. 1. 24, U. 1. 27 'fast or close embrace'. 6 Flaccid, flabby. 7 Dissolved. 8 Decayed. 9 Ineffective, futile, vain. 10 Inattentive, careless; Pt. 4. 116. 11 Loosely done, not strictly or rigidly performed. 12 Cast off, abandoned. — laṃ 1 Laxity, looseness. 2 Slowness. (śithilīkṛ means 1 to loosen, unfasten, untie. 2 to relax, slacken. 3 to weaken, impair, enfeeble. 4 to give up, abandon; R. 2. 41. śithilībhū 1 to be slackened or relaxed. 2 to fall off from; Mk. 1. 13).

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

śithilá dass., unstät, schlaff, lässig in (Loc.).

Burnouf 1866 adjective

Original text · French · adjective

śithila śithila a. làche, détendu, non élastique; au fig. lâche, sans énergie. śithilaye (dénom.) lâcher.

Derived words

  • śaithilya शैथिल्य substantive neuter relaxation; slackening; loosening

Occurrences in source texts (3)

DYS 1 occurrence
DYS 20–26: Practising Laya 1 occurrence

Direct occurrences

PYS 2 occurrences
PYS 2.46–48: Āsana as a Seated Posture 1 occurrence

Occurrences through derived words

PYS 3.38: Entering Another Body 1 occurrence

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