stone, rock Vin.i.28; SN.iv.312 sq.; Vin.445; DN-a.i.154; Ja.v.68; Vism.230 (in comparison) Vb-a.64 (var. kinds); a precious stone, quartz Vin.ii.238; Mil.267, Mil.380; Vv.84#15 (= phalika˚ Vv-a.339) pada-silā a flag-stone Vin.ii.121, Vin.ii.154. Cp. sela.

• -uccaya a mountain AN.iii.346; Thag.692; Ja.i.29 Ja.vi.272, Ja.vi.278; Dāvs v.63.
• -guḷa a ball of stone, a round stone MN.iii.94.
• -tthambha (sila˚) stone pillar Mhvs.15 Mhvs.173.
• -paṭimā stone image Ja.iv.95.
• -paṭṭa a slab of stone, a stone bench Ja.i.59; Ja.vi.37 (mangala˚); Snp-a.80 Snp-a.117.
• -pākāra stone wall Vin.ii.153.
• -maya made of stone Ja.vi.269, Ja.vi.270; Mhvs.33, Mhvs.22; Mhvs.36, Mhvs.104.
• -yūpa a stone column SN.v.445; AN.iv.404; Mhvs.28, Mhvs.2.
• -santhāra stone floor Vin.ii.120.

cp. Sk. śilā