शीतल mfn. (
-लः-ला-लं) Cold, chilly, frigid.
n. (
-लं)
1. Green vitriol.
2. Storax.
3. Sandal.
4. White Sandal.
5. A lotus.
6. A pearl.
7. Cold, coldness.
8. The root of the Andropogon muricatum.
m. (
-लः) 1. A plant, (Marsilea quadrifolia.)
2. A Jina or Jaina teacher, the 10th of the twenty-four Tirthakārs.
3. A religious ceremony observed upon the sun's entering Aries.
4. The moon.
5. A small tree, (Cordia myxa.)
6. The Champaca, (Michelia champaca.)
7. A sort of camphor.
8. Turpentine.
f. (
-ला-ली)
1. A plant, perhaps intending the Phrynium dichotymum, from the split stems of which a smooth, cool mat is made, thence termed Sitala-pāti.
2. Small-pox.
3. The goddess presiding over or inflicting small-pox.
E. शीत cool,
लच् poss. aff., or
ला to give or get, aff.
क .