Sela, 厂别濒腻, Shela, Shel, 艢el: 24 definitions

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Sela means something in Buddhism, Pali, Christianity, Hinduism, Sanskrit, the history of ancient India, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi, biology. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term 艢el can be transliterated into English as Sel or Shel, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

1. Sela. A king of long ago who, in spite of great sacrifices, could not get beyond the world of the Petas (Pitrs). J.vi.99.

2. Sela. A brahmin of Anguttarapa. He was a great friend of Keniya, the Jatila, and visited him when Keniya was making preparations to entertain the Buddha. Having heard the word Buddha from Keniya, Sela was filled with joy and fortitude, and went with his two hundred and fifty pupils to visit the Buddha in the woodland near Apana. There he observed on the person of the Buddha the thirty two marks of a Great Being all except two - viz., hidden privates and the long tongue. The Buddha read his thoughts and contrived, by his iddhi power, that Sela should be satisfied on these two points as well (This is referred to at Mil.167; DA.i.276, etc.). Sela then praised the Buddha in a series of verses and asked questions of him. At the end of his talk, Sela entered the Order with his pupils, and, at the end of a week, he attained arahantship (SN. p.104 ff. = M.ii.146f).

In the time of Padumuttara Buddha Sela had been the leader of the same guild of three hundred men, and, together with them, had built a parivena for the Buddha and done many good acts. As a result of these they received the ehi Bhikkhu pabbajja in this last life (SNA.ii.455; MA.ii.782; see also Ap.i.316; Thag.vs.818-41; Th4gA.ii.47f).

Mahasela, mentioned as the teacher of Sugandha Thera (ThagA.i.80f), is probably identical with this Sela. Sela lived to the age of one hundred and twenty (DA.ii.413).

According to the Dhammapada Commentary (DhA.i.384; also AA.i.219), the Buddha first met Sela on his way to Bhaddiya to convert Visakha and her kinswomen. Visakha was then seven years old. The Apadana says (Ap.i.318) that Selas father was a wealthy brahmin, named Vasettha.

3. Sela. A mountain in Himava. ApA.i.96.

4. Sela. Son of Atthadassi Buddha in his last lay life. BuA.180; but see Sena (15).

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1. Sela. A princess, younger sister of Candakumara (J.vi.143). She is identified with Uppalavanna. J.vi.157.

2. Sela Theri. She was born in Alavi as daughter of the king: therefore she was also called Alavika. When she was still unmarried the Buddha visited Alavi with Alavaka, whom he had converted, carrying his begging bowl and robe. On that occasion Sela went with her father to hear the Buddha preach. She became a lay disciple, but later, agitated in mind, she joined the Order and became an arahant. After that she lived in Savatthi. One day, as she was enjoying her siesta in the Andhavana under a tree, Mara, in the guise of a stranger, approached her and tried to tempt her. But she refuted his statements regarding the attractions of lay life, and Mara had to retire discomfited (S.i.134; Thig.vss.57-9).

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Therav膩da is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

India history and geography

Source: Wisdom Library: Teachers, Saints and Sages

Shel or Shelnatha (lit. 鈥渓ord of the arrow shaft鈥�) refers to one of the 鈥渘ine saints鈥� (Navnath) identified with K峁涐梗峁嘺 (or R膩ma-Candra), according to Rai Bahadur Hira Lal in his Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India and G. W. Briggs in his Gorakhnath and the Kanphata Yogis.鈥擶hile the word Natha is a synonym for Hindu Yogi, in this connection it refers to the nine great or deified and immortal teachers of the sect. They now live far back in the holy Himalayas. [...] These nine teachers [e.g., Shel-natha] are considered representative of great teachers in this tradition or Parampara tradition鈥攁 succession of Teachers (Gurus) and Disciples (Shishyasa) in Indian-origin religions such as Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism and Buddhism.

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

Biology (plants and animals)

: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Sela in India is the name of a plant defined with Albizia julibrissin in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Acacia nemu Willd. (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Sylva Telluriana (1838)
· Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters (2765)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Magazzino toscano (1772)
· Delic. Insub. (1786)
· Chem. Pharm. Bull.

If you are looking for specific details regarding Sela, for example diet and recipes, pregnancy safety, chemical composition, extract dosage, health benefits, side effects, have a look at these references.

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Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

sela : (m.) a rock; stone.

: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Sela, (fr. sil膩) rocky Dh. 8; (m.) rock, stone, crystal S. I, 127; D. II, 39; A. III, 346; Dh. 81; J. II, 14; Vin. I, 4 sq.; III, 147= J. II, 284.

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Pali is the language of the Tipi峁璦ka, which is the sacred canon of Therav膩da Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha鈥檚 speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Marathi-English dictionary

: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

艣膿l膩 (啶多啶侧ぞ).鈥攎 ( H) A sort of scarf, a cloth composed of four breadths depending from the shoulders loosely over the body. Pr. sarak膩rac膿峁� t膿la 艣膿ly膩vara ghy膩v膿峁� Accept the gifts or honors of the great at whatever damage or cost.

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艣膿岣穉 (啶多啶�).鈥攆 Whistling: also the hissing or hiss (of snakes, lizards &c.) v gh膩la, v膩java, v膩ja.

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艣膿岣穉 (啶多啶�).鈥攆 R or C Rice-land which retains humidity and coolness during the hot season. 2 Rice-plants raised from seed on such land (in preparation for transplantation with the earliest showers of the monsoon). 艣膿岣纺玞膩 tarav膩 Humid rice-land prepared by burning to be the seedbed of rice: also the produce or growth upon it.

: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

艣膿l膩 (啶多啶侧ぞ).鈥�m A sort of scarf.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

艢el (啶多啶侧).鈥�1 P. (艣别濒补迟颈)

1) To go, move.

2) To tremble.

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Sel (啶膏啶侧).鈥�1 P. (selati) To go, move.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

艢别濒补 (啶多啶�).鈥�(read 艢补颈濒补? q.v.; = Pali Sela), name of an ascetic (t膩pasa; in Pali a brahman): Karmavibha峁単a (and Karmavibha峁単opade艣a) 155.16 (the same as 艢补颈濒补).

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Sela (啶膏啶�).鈥�m., a high number (= sel膩, selu): 惭补丑腻惫测耻迟辫补迟迟颈 7766 = Tibetan yad yod.

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厂别濒腻 (啶膏啶侧ぞ).鈥�= next: 骋补峁囜笉补惫测奴丑补 106.11.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

艢el (啶多啶侧).鈥擺(峁�)艣e岣穄 r. 1st cl. (艣别濒补迟颈) 1. To go, to move. 2. To shake, to tremble.

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峁l (啶粪啶侧).鈥擺(峁�)峁岣穄 r. 1st cl. (selati) To go, to move; also 艣别濒, and sel .

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Sel (啶膏啶侧).鈥擺(峁�) se岣穄 r. 1st cl. (selati) To go or move; preferably 峁l .

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

艢el (啶多啶侧).鈥攕ee sel.

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Sel (啶膏啶侧).鈥斺€� 艣别濒 艢贰濒, i. 1, [Parasmaipada.] To go or move.

鈥� With the prep. ati ati, [Causal.] To oblige to make excessive marches, [贬颈迟辞辫补诲别艣补] iii. [distich] 91.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) 艢el (啶多啶侧):鈥�(also written sel) [class] 1. [Parasmaipada] 艣别濒补迟颈, to go, [Dh膩tup膩峁環a xv, 36.]

2) Sel (啶膏啶侧):鈥擺varia lectio] for 鈭�艣别濒 q.v.

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Sela (啶膏啶�):鈥�m. or n. ([probably] Pr膩k峁泃 for 艣补颈濒补) a kind of weapon, [K膩dambar墨] ([Bombay edition])

2) a [particular] high number (cf. selu), [Buddhist literature]

: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) 艢el (啶多啶侧):鈥�(峁�) 艣别濒补迟颈 1. n. To go, to move; to shake, to tremble.

2) 峁l (啶粪啶侧):鈥�(峁�) selati 1. a. Idem.

3) Sel (啶膏啶侧):鈥�(峁�) selati 1. a. To go.

[Sanskrit to German]

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Sanskrit, also spelled 啶膏啶膏啶曕啶むぎ啷� (蝉补峁僺办峁泃补尘), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

厂别濒腻 (啶膏啶侧ぞ):鈥�(nm) a kind of rice.

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Prakrit-English dictionary

: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

1) Sela (啶膏啶�) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: 艢补颈濒补.

2) 厂别濒腻 (啶膏啶侧ぞ) also relates to the Sanskrit word: 艢补颈濒腻.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

Nepali dictionary

: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

1) 厂别濒腻 (啶膏啶侧ぞ):鈥攏. a kind of circular bread deep-fried in butter;

2) 厂别濒腻 (啶膏啶侧ぞ):鈥攏. (pl. of 啶膏啶侧 [selo] ) meat cut into small pieces and made into a string and hung up for drying;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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