शीतला, शीतला देवी śhītlā, śhītlā dēvī

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · f.

Earlier definition

Definition

Smallpox.
(Hinduism) The goddess of cold who can cure or inflict smallpox. In Punjabi folk religion, she is accompanied by 6 other sisters who also cause or cure pustular disease.
(Bābā) Goddess of coolness who extinguishes the fire of vices.

Usual translation

  1. Sheetla
  2. goddess of coolness

Origin of the definition

Sheetla. Goddess of coolness who extinguishes the fire of vices.

शीतल śhītal (sanskrit)

Cool, cold, frigid.
Without passion, calm.

शीतला śītălā [S.], f. 1. smallpox. 2. name of the goddess supposed to inflict smallpox.

Usage in the murlis

Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

10 occurrences

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Avyakts

24 occurrences

In 10 on 1112 murlis

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Mamma

2 occurrences

In 1 on 122 murlis

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Created
Wednesday 3 May 2023
Updated
Wednesday 18 December 2024