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शैल mfn. mf(ई)n. (fr. शिला) made of stone, stony, rocky, [MBh.] ; [Hariv.] &c. आसन n. stone-like, rigid (with n. a partic. manner of sitting), [Cat.] शैल f. m. (ifc. f(आ). ) a rock, crag, hill, mountain (there are seven [or, accord. to some, eight] mythical mountain ranges separating the divisions of the earth, viz. निषध, हेम-कूट, नील, श्वेत, शृङ्गिन्, माल्यवत्, गन्ध-मादन, [VP.] ), [Mn.] ; [MBh.] &c. शैल m. m.N. of the number ‘seven’ [Gaṇit.] a dike, [MW.] शैल n. n. (only [L.] ) benzoin or storax bitumen a sort of collyrium.
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