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शीलवती (zIlavatI)

 
Monier Williams Cologne
English
शील—वती
f.
N.
 of a woman,
Kathās.
Wordnet
Sanskrit
Synonyms:
 सच्चरित्रा, चरित्रवती, शीलवती, सदाचारिणी, साध्वी
adjective
यस्याः चरित्रं शोभनम्।
"सच्चरित्रमेव सच्चरित्रायाः नार्याः आभूषणम्।"
Synonyms:
 शीलवती
noun
एका महिला ।
"शीलवत्याः उल्लेखः कथासरित्सागरे अस्ति"
पुराणम्
English
शीलवती / ŚĪLAVATĪ. A heroine reputed for her chastity and fidelity to her husband. Her husband, ugraśravas was cruel and vicious. Yet śīlavatī used to adore him. Once ugraśravas fell a victim to the disease of leprosy. From that time, śīlavatī used to go about begging in the houses of Brāhmaṇas to feed and support her husband. After some time by her constant nursing, his condition was slightly improved. After that she continued her begging from door to door, carrying him on her shoulders. Once they happened to arrive in front of a huge mansion. Water was flowing in front of the gate and so śīlavatī returned from there with her husband without stepping into the water. When they reached home, ugraśravas asked his wife why she returned without entering the mansion. She explained that it was the house of a prostitute and to touch the water coming out of that house was sin. On hearing it, ugraśravas felt an irresistible desire to visit that brothel. He expressed his desire to her. Quite obediently śīlavatī took up her husband on her shoulders and went to the prostitute's house. (For more details see under Aṇī māṇḍavya, anasūyā and atri).