SIlaH [ SIl ac ] A large serpent (the boa) — laM 1 Disposition, nature, character, tendency, inclination, habit, custom; samAnaSIlavyasanezu saKyaM Subhāsh; frequently at the end of comp. in the sense of ‘disposed or habituated to’, ‘indulging in’, ‘prone to’, ‘addicted to’, ‘attached to’ &c; as kalahaSIla ‘disposed to quarrel’, ‘quarrelsome’; BAvanaSIla ‘disposed or apt to think'; so dAta°, mfgayA°, dayA° , puRya°, ASvAsana° &c. 2 Conduct, behaviour in general. 3 Good disposition or character; good nature; SIlaM paraM BUzaRaM Bh. 2. 82 ; Pt. 5. 2. 4 Virtue; morality, good conduct, virtuous life, chastity, uprightness; dErBaMvyAnnfpatirvinaSyati… SIlaM KalopAsanAt Bh. 2. 42 , 39 ; taTA hi te SIlamudAradarSane tapasvina mapyupadaSetAM gataM Ku. 5. 36. Ki. 11. 25 ; Pt. 1. 169 ; R. 10. 70. 5 Beauty, good form. Comp. — KaMqanaM violation of morality or chastity; Pt. 1. — DArin m. an epithet of Śiva. — vaMcanA violation of chastity; grApteyaM SIlavaMcanA Mk. 1. 44. — vftta a. wellbehaved, virtuous. — (tta) good or virtuous conduct, good breeding. — vfttiH f. virtue.