[śīl ac] 1 A large ser- pent (the boa) laṃ 1 Disposition, nature, character, tendency, inclina- tion, habit, custom; samānaśīlavyasa- neṣu sakhyaṃ Subhāsh; frequently at the end of comp. in the sense of disposed or habituated to’, ‘in- ‘dulging in’, ‘prone to’, ‘addict- ed to’, ‘attached to’ &c; as kalaha- śīla ‘disposed to quarrel’, ‘quar- relsome’; bhāvanaśīla ‘disposed or apt to think'; so dātaº, mṛgayāº,...