Sīlatā (feminine) (—°) [abstract from sīla] character(istic), nature, capacity Dhp-a III 272. :Sīlavant (adjective) [sīla + vant] virtuous, observing the moral precepts D III 77, 259 f., 285; A I 150; II 58, 76; III 206 f., 262 f.; IV 290 f., 314 f.; V 10 f., 71 f.; Vism 58; Sv I 286; Tikap 279. — nominative singular sīlavā D I 114; S I 166; It 63; Pp 26, 53; Ja I 187; accusative -vantaṃ Vin III 133; Snp 624; instrumental -vatā S III 167; genitive -vato S IV 303; nominative plural -vanto Pp 13; Dhs 1328; Nett 191; accusative plural -vante Ja I 187; instrumental -vantehi D II 80; genitive plural -vantānaṃ M I 334; genitive plural -vataṃ Dhp 56; Ja I 144; f. -vatī D II 12; Thig 449. compound -vantatara Ja II 3.