sīla

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sila"

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 𑀲𑀻𑀮 (Brahmi script)
• सील (Devanagari script)
• সীল (Bengali script)
• සීල (Sinhalese script)
• သီလ or သဳလ (Burmese script)
• สีล or สีละ (Thai script)
• ᩈᩦᩃ (Tai Tham script)
• ສີລ or ສີລະ (Lao script)
• សីល (Khmer script)
• 𑄥𑄩𑄣 (Chakma script)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit शील (śīla).

Noun

sīla n

1. nature; habit
2. moral practice; code of morality

Declension

Declension table of "sīla" (neuter)

Case \ Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	sīlaṃ	sīlāni
Accusative (second)	sīlaṃ	sīlāni
Instrumental (third)	sīlena	sīlehi or sīlebhi
Dative (fourth)	sīlassa or sīlāya or sīlatthaṃ	sīlānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	sīlasmā or sīlamhā or sīlā	sīlehi or sīlebhi
Genitive (sixth)	sīlassa	sīlānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	sīlasmiṃ or sīlamhi or sīle	sīlesu
Vocative (calling)	sīla	sīlāni

Derived terms

• sīlakkhandha
• sīlavipatti

Descendants

• → Burmese: သီလ (sila.)
• → Khmer: សីល (səl)
• → Lao: ສິນ (sin)
• → Lü: ᦉᦲᧃ (ṡiin)
• → Northern Thai: ᩈᩦ᩠ᩃ
• → Shan: သီႇလႃႉ (sìi lâ̰a), သိၼ် (sǐn)
• → Sinhalese: සීල (sīla)
• → Thai: สีล (sǐil)

Further reading

• Pali Text Society (1921–1925) “sīla”, in Pali-English Dictionary‎, London: Chipstead