Pāli Dictionary

sīlavant

sīlastemvantsuffix

via inflected form sīlavatī · nominative singular · plural / accusative plural / locative singular / vocative singular · plural

Part of speech

adjective

Root

sīl1conduct oneself; practise

Synonyms

dhammaṭṭha, kalyāṇasīla, susīla

ethics

  • virtuous; ethical; observing the moral precepts

  • Kp 9

    diṭṭhiñ'ca anupaggamma, sīlavā dassanena sampanno, kāmesu vineyya gedhaṃ, na hi jātu gabbhaseyya punaretī'ti.

  • AN 8.13

    idha, bhikkhave, bhikkhu sīlavā hoti, pātimokkhasaṃvarasaṃvuto viharati ācāragocarasampanno aṇumattesu vajjesu bhayadassāvī, samādāya sikkhati sikkhāpadesu.

approximate

Compound structure

analyses: 1

sīlavaiti
  1. sīlava

    virtuous; ethical; moral; possessing virtue (equivalent to sīlavant)

  2. iti

    thus; in this way; so; like this

Encyclopedia

3 entries

Sīlavati
Person

  • The chief queen of Okkāka, king of Kusāvatī, and mother of Kusa, as told in the Kusa Jātaka.

Sīlavatī
Placeapproximate

  • The city where Sikhī Buddha passed away, in the Dussārāma (Assārāma) park.

Silāvatī
Placeapproximate

  • A village of the Sākyas where Māra, disguised as a brahmin, once tempted the assembled monks, and also the birthplace of Bandhura Thera.

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