शिली

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Puranic Encyclopaedia

ŚILĪ   A nāga born in the Takṣaka dynasty. It was burnt to death at the serpent yajña conducted by Janamejaya. [Ādi Parva, Chapter 57, Verse 9] .

A dictionary, Marathi and English

   A common term for the two connecting arms of a double चौकट or door-frame; answering to घोडा an upper connecting arm.

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

  स्त्री. झिली ; भिंगुरटी ; मुरकुट . - भाए २६८ .
  स्त्री. छिली ; दरवाजाच्या दुहेरी चौकटीस जोडणारा खालचा दांडा . ( वरच्या दांडयास घोडा म्हणतात ).

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

शिली  f.  1. f. a kind of worm, [L.] ( accord. to some, the female of गण्ड-पद)
   a female frog, [MBh.] Sch.
स्तम्भ-शीर्ष   = , [L.]

ROOTS:

स्तम्भ शीर्ष

द्वाराधः-स्थित-काष्ठ   = , [L.]

ROOTS:

द्वाराधः स्थित काष्ठ

   a spike, dart, [W.]
   an arrow, [MW.]
शिली    2. in comp. for शिला.

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

शिली [śilī]   1 The lower timber of a door.
   A kind of earthworm.
   The top of a pillar.
   A dart.
   An arrow.
   A female frog.
   Comp. मुखः a bee; मिलितशिलीमुखपाटलिपटलकृतस्मरतूणविलासे [Gīt.1;] [R.4.57.]
   an arrow; सा कुसुमघटितशिलीमुखमनोहरान्मदनचापादिव प्रमदवनात् त्रस्यति [K.225;] or युगपद्विकाशमुदयाद्गमिते शशिनः शिलीमुखगणोऽलभत [Śi.9.41] (in both passages the word is used in sense 1 and 2).
   a fool.
   war, fight.

संस्कृतम् (Sanskrit) WN

   See : मण्डूकी