I. 1. P. (śaliti) 1 To me- ditate, contemplate.

2 To serve, honour, worship.

3 To do, practise. II. 10 U. (śīlayati-te) 1 To honour, worship.

2 To practise re- peatedly, exercise, study, think of, ponder over; śrutiśatamapi bhūyaḥ śīli- taṃ bhārataṃ vā Bv. 2. 35; śaliyati munayaḥ suśīlatāṃ Ki. 13. 43.

3 To put on, wear; cala sakhi kujaṃ satimirapuṃjaṃ śīla- ya nīlanicīlaṃ Gīt. 5.

4 To go to, vis- it,...

(rather Nom. fr. śīla below) cl.1 P. śīlati (pf. śiśīla &c), to meditate, contemplate Dha1tup. xv, 16; to serve, worship ib.; to act, do, practise, make ib.: Caus. (or cl.10 P. Dha1tup. xxxv, 26) śīlayati (aor. aśiśīlat), to do, make, practise repeatedly or... n. (and m. g. ardharcādi; ifc. f (A).) habit, custom, usage, natural or acquired way of living or acting, practice, conduct, disposition, tendency, character,...

m. N. of a man Inscr. 137578 1079,2 218736