Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
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ś
śa 1
śa the first of the three sibilants (it belongs to the palatal class, but in sound as well as euphonic treatment often corresponds to , though in some words pronounced more like s). -1
⋙ śakāra
○kāra m. (for 2. p. 1045) the letter or sound śa Prāt.
-bheda m. = next
⋙ śabheda
○bheda m. N. of a treatise on the proper spelling of words beginning with ś, , or s
⋙ śavarga
○varga m. the sibilating class of letters, i.e. the three sibilants and the letter h
śa 2
śa (ifc.) = śaya ( giri-, vāri-, vṛkṣa-śa)
śa 3
śa m. = śastra L.
• = śiva L.
• n. 2. śam
śaṃya
śaṃya śṃyu &c. p. 1054
śaṃva
śaṃva śaṃvara, śaṃvūka, śamba, śambara, śambūka, p. 1055
śaṃśamam
śaṃśamam śaṃśāmamśam
śaṃs
śaṃs cl. 1. P. (Dhātup. xvii, 79) śáṃsati (m. c. also Ā
• pf. śaśaṃsa, ○se Br. &c
śaṃsuḥ, ○sire MBh.
• p. śaṃsivas, q.v
• aor. aśaṃsīt RV. &c., &c.: Subj. śaṃsiṣat RV. Br.
• 2. pl. śasta RV.
śastāt AitBr.
• 1. sg. śaṃsi RV.
• Prec. śasyāt. Gr
• fut. śaṃsitā ib.
śaṃsiṣyati Br. &c
• inf. śaṃsitm MBh.
-śase RV.
• inf. p. śastvā́, -śasya, -śaṃsam Br. &c
-śaṃsya MBh.), to recite, repeat (esp. applied to the recitation of texts in the invocations addressed by the Hotṛi to the Adhvaryu, when śaṃs is written śoṃs and the formulas śoṃsāmas, śoṃsāvas, śoṃsāva are used
• 2. ā-hāva RV. Br. [Page 1044, Column 1] ŚrS.
• to praise, extol RV. &c. &c
• to praise, commend, approve VarBṛS.
• to vow, make a vow (?) RV. x, 85, 9
• to wish anything (acc.) to (dat.) ib. 124, 3 to relate, say, tell, report, declare, announce to (gen. or dat
• who or where anybody is', acc
• also with two acc, 'to declare anybody or anything to be-') AV. &c. &c
• to foretell, predict, prognosticate R. Kum. &c
• to calumniate, revile W.
• to hurt, injure Dhātup.
• to be unhappy ib.: Pass. śasyáte, to be recited or uttered or praised or approved RV. &c. &c.: Caus. śaṃsayati (aor. aśaśaṃsat), to cause to repeat or recite AitBr. Lāṭy. BhP.
• to predict, foretell R.: Desid. śiśaṃsiṣati Gr.: Intens. śāśasyate, śāśaṃsti ib. [Cf. Lat. carmen for casmen ; casme1na came1na ; censeo.]
≫ śaṃsa
śáṃsa m. recitation, invocation, praise RV.
• wishing well or ill to, a blessing or a curse ib.
• a promise, vow ib. (narā́ṃ śáṃsa RV. ii, 34, 6, prob. = narā-ś○, q.v
ṛjúr íc cháṃsa, ii, 26, 1 either, by tmesis, 'the right praiser', or ṛju-śaṃsa as adj. 'righteous, faithful'
• a spell MW.
• calumny ib.
• (ā), f. praise, flattery, eulogium Kāv.
• wish, desire W.
• speech, utterance, anouncement R.
• mfn. reciting, proclaiming, praising, wishing ( agha-, duḥ-ś &c.)
≫ śaṃsatha
śaṃsatha m. conversation PārGṛ.
≫ śaṃsana
śaṃsana n. reciting, recitation, praise L.
• report, announcement, communication R. (applied to Śiva Hariv. 7425 = veda-praśasya Nīlak.)
≫ śaṃsanīya
śaṃsanīya mfn. to be praised, praiseworthy Nir. Rājat.
≫ śaṃsita
śaṃsita mfn. (often confounded with saṃ-śita, saṃ-√śo) said, told, praised, celebrated Pañcat. praiseworthy ib.
• wished, desired, longed for W.
• calumniated, falsely accused ib.
≫ śaṃsitṛ
śaṃsitṛ m. a reciter (= śaṃstṛ below) MBh. VāyuP. Yājñ. Sch.
• = hotṛ AitĀr.
≫ śaṃsin
śaṃsin mfn. (only ifc.) reciting, uttering, announcing, telling, relating, betraying, predicting, promising Hariv. Kāv. Kathās. &c
≫ śaṃsivas
śaṃsivas mfn. announcing, proclaiming R.
≫ śaṃstavya
śaṃstavya mfn. to be recited AitBr.
≫ śaṃstṛ
śáṃstṛ m. one who recites, a reciter RV. AitBr. (a priest identified with the Praśāstṛi and mentioned along with five others in RV. i, 162, 5
• his sacrificial duties correspond with those of the Maitrā-varuṇa of the later ritual)
• a praiser, encomiast, panegyrist W.
≫ śaṃsya
śáṃsya mfn. to be recited RV.
• to be praised, praiseworthy ib.
• N. of Agni (in a formula)
VS. TBr. KātyŚr. Sch. (m. the eastward sacrificial fire L.)
• to be wished for, desirable W.
≫ śas 1
śas
⋙ śasa
śasa mfn. reciting ( uktha-śás, -śasá)
≫ śasitvā
śasitvā ind. having praised &c. (= śastvā, √śaṃs) MW.
≫ śasta 1
śastá mfn. (for 2. under √śas) recited repeated RV.
• praised, commended, approved MBh. Kāv. &c
• auspicious (cf. á-ś○) AV. Rājat.
• beautiful R.
• happy, fortunate Kathās.
• n. praise, eulogy RV.
• happiness, excellence W.
⋙ śastakeśaka
○keśaka mfn. having excellent or beautiful hair L.
⋙ śastatā
○tā f. excellence MārkP.
⋙ śastokta
śastôkta mfn. one. to whom a recitation has been made VS.
≫ śastavya
śastavya mfn. to be recited or praised MW.
≫ śasti
śastí f. praise, a hymn RV.
• a praiser, singer ib.
≫ śastra 1
śastrá n. (for 2. under √śas) invocation, praise (applied to any hymn recited either audibly or inaudibly, as opp. to stoma, which is sung, but esp. the verses recited by the Hotṛi and his assistant as an accompaniment to the Grahas at the Soma libation) VS. Br. ŚrS. ChUp.
• reciting, recitation ŚāṅkhBr.
⋙ śastrapūjāvidhi
○pūjā-vidhi m. N. of wk. -1
⋙ śastravat
○vat mfn. (for 2. p. 1061, col. i ) accompanied by a Śastra KātyŚr. Sch.
≫ śastraka 1
śastraka n. = 1. śastra KātyŚr.
≫ śastrin 2
śastrin mfn. (for 2. p. 1061, col. 2) reciting, a reciter ĀpŚr. Sch.
≫ śasman
śásman n. invocation, praise RV.
≫ śasya 1
śásya mfn. (for 2. p. 1061, col. 2) to be recited or treated as a Śastra Br.
• to be praised or celebrated Kāv.
• to be wished, desirable, excellent W.
• n. recitation ŚāṅkhBr.
• good quality, merit W.
śak
śak cl. 5.P. (cf. Dhātup.xxvll, 15) śaknoti (pf. śaśā́ka, śekúḥ RV. &c. &c
• aor áśakat AV. &c. [Ved. also Pot. śakeyam and śakyām
• Impv. śagdhi, śaktam]
• fut. śaktā, or śakitā Gr. [Page 1044, Column 2]
śakṣyati, ○te Br. &c
śakiṣyate, ○te Gr
• inf. -śaktave RV.
śaktum or śakitum Gr.), to be strong or powerful, be able to or capable of or competent for (with acc., dat. or loc., rarely acc. of a verbal noun, or with an inf. in am or tum
• or with pr. p
• e.g. with grahaṇāya or grahaṇe, 'to be able to seize'
vadha-nirṇekam a-śaknuvan, 'unable to atone for slaughter'
śakéma vājíno yámam, 'may we be able to guide horses'
vii7kṣitum na śaknoti, 'he is not able to see'
pūrayan na śaknoti, 'he is not able to fill') RV. &c. &c. (in these meanings ep. also śakyati, ○te, with inf in tuṃ cf. Dhātup. xxvi, 78)
• to be strong or exert one's self for another (dat.), aid, help, assist RV. vii, 67, 5 ; 68, 8 &c
• to help to (dat. of thing) ib. ii, 2, 12 ; iv, 21, 10 &c.: Pass. śakyate (ep. also ○ti), to be overcome or subdued, succumb MBh.
• to yield, give way ib.
• to be compelled or caused by any one (instr.) to (inf.) ib.
• to be able or capable or possible or practicable (with an inf. in pass. sense, e.g. tat kartuṃ śakyate, 'that can be done'
• sometimes with pass. p., e.g. na śakyate vāryamāṇaḥ, 'he cannot be restrained'
• or used impers., with or with out instr., e.g. yadi [tvayā] śakyate, 'if it can be done by thee', if it is possible') Mn. MBh. &c.: Caus. śākayati (aor. aśīśakat), Gr.: Desid., √śikṣ. [Cf., accord. to some, Gk. ?, ?, ?, Germ. ḥag ḥecke [1044, 2] hegen ; behagen.]
≫ śaka 1
śaka su-śáka
≫ śakita
śakita mfn. (cf. Kāś. on Pāṇ. 7-2, 17) able, capable (mostly used with na, and giving a pass. sense to the inf., e.g. na śakitaṃ chettum, it could not be cut
• also impers., e.g. na śakitaṃ tena, he was not able) MBh. R. Kathās.
≫ śakta
śakta mfn. able, competent for, equal to, capable of (instr., gen., dat., loc., acc. of person with prati inf., or comp.) Mn. MBh. &c
• = śakita, able to be (with inf. in a pass. sense) Kāś. on Pāṇ. 7-2, 17 m. N. of a son of Manasyu MBh.
≫ śakti
śákti or f. power, ability, strength, might, effort, energy, capability (śaktyā or ātma-ś○ or sva-ś○, 'according to ability'
⋙ śakti
śaktí f. power, ability, strength, might, effort, energy, capability (śaktyā or ātma-ś○ or sva-ś○, 'according to ability'
paraṃ śaktyā, with all one's might'
vitta-śaktyā, 'according to the capability of one's property'
śaktim a-hāpayitvā, 'not relaxing one's efforts, exerting all one's strength'), faculty, skill, capacity for, power over (gen., loc., dat., or inf.) RV. &c. &c
• effectiveness or efficacy (of a remedy) ŚārṅgS.
• regal power (consisting of three parts, prabhutva, personal pre-eminence
mantra, good counsel, and utsāha, energy) Kām. (cf. Ragh. iii, 13)
• the energy or active power of a deity personified as his wife and worshipped by the Śākta (q.v.) sect of Hindūs under various names (sometimes only three, sometimes eight Śakti goddesses are enumerated, as follow, Indrāṇi, Vaishṇavii, Śāntā, Brahmāṇī, Kaumāri, Nārasiṃhī, Vārāhī, and Māheśvarī, but some substitute Cāmuṇḍā and Cāṇdikā for the third and sixth of these: according to another reckoning there are nine, viz. Vaishṇavii, Brahmāṇi, Raudri, Māheśvarī, Nārasiṃhī, Vārāhī, Indraṇī, Kārttikī, and Pradhānā: others reckon fifty different forms of the Śakti of Vishṇu besides Lakshmī, some of these are Kīrtti, Kānti, Tushṭi, Pushṭā, Dhṛiti. Śānti, Kriyā, Dayā, Medhā &c
• and fifty forms of the Śakti of Śiva or Rudra besides Durgā' or Gaurī, some of whom are Guṇôdarī, Virajā, Sālmali, Lolâkshi, Vartulâkshī, Dīrgha-ghoṇā, Sudirgha-mukhī, Go-mukhī, Dirgha-jihvā, Kuṇḍôdarī, Ardha-keśī, Vikṛita-mukhī, Jvālā-mukhi, Ulkāmukhi &c
• Sarasvati is also named as a Śakti, both of Vishṇu and Rudra: according to the Vāyu-Purāṇa the female nature of Rudra became twofold, one half asita or white, and the other sita or black, each of these again becoming manifold, those of the white or mild nature included Lakshmī, Sarasvati, Gaurī, Umā &c
• those of the dark and fierce nature, Durgā, Kāli &c.) Kāv. Kathās. Pur. (cf. RTL. 181 &c. MWB. 216)
• the female organ (as worshipped by the Śākta sect either actually or symbolically) RTL. 140
• the power or signification of a word (defined in the Nyāya as padasya padârthe sambandhaḥ i.e. 'the relation of a word to the thing designated') Bhāshāp. Sāh.
• (in Gram.) case-power, the idea conveyed by a case (= kāraka) Pāṇ. 2-3, 7 Sch.
• the power or force or most effective word of a sacred text or magic formula Up. Pañcar.
• the creative power or imagination (of a poet) Kāvyâd.
• help, aid, assistance, gift, bestowal RV.
• a spear, lance, pike, dart RV. &c. (also śaktī g. bahv-ādi)
• a sword MW.
• (prob.) a flag-staff ( ratha-ś○) [Page 1044, Column 3]
• a partic. configuration of stars and planets (when the latter are situated in the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th astrological house), VirBṛS
• m. N. of a Muni or sage (the eldest of Vasishṭha's hundred sons
• accord. to VP. he was father of Parāśara, and was devoured by king Kalmāsha-pāda, when changed to a man-eating Rākshasa, in consequence of a curse pronounced upon him by the sage
• he is represented as having overcome Viśvāmitra at the sacrifice of king Saudāsa
• he is regarded as the author of RV. vii, 32, 26 ; ix, 97, 19-21 ; 108, 3 ; 14-16
• Śakti is also identified with one of the Vylāsas, and with Avalokitêśvara, and has elsewhere the patr. Jātukarna and Sāṃkṛiti) Pravar. MBh. &c
⋙ śaktikara
○kara mfn. producing strength Cāṇ.
⋙ śaktikunṭhana
○kunṭhana n. the deadening or blunting of a faculty MW.
⋙ śaktikumāra
○kumāra m. N. of a prince Inscr.
• of a man, Diś
• of a poet Cat.
• (ī), f. N. of a woman Vcar.
⋙ śaktikumāraka
○kumāraka m. N. of a man Inscr.
⋙ śaktigaṇa
○gaṇa m. the company or assemblage of Śaktis ( col. 2) MW.
⋙ śaktigraha
○graha (only L.), mf(ā)n. (cf. Pāṇ. 3-2, 9 Vārtt. 1 Pat.) holding a spear or lance
• taking hold of the force or meaning (of a word or sentence &c. )
• m. a spearman, lancer
• N. of Kārttikeya and Śiva
• perception or apprehension of the force or sense (of a word &c.)
⋙ śaktigrāhaka
○grāhaka m. who or what causes to apprehend the force or signification (of a word or phrase), determining or establishing the meaning of words (as a dictionary, grammar &c.) MW.
• = -graha ib.
⋙ śaktija
○ja mfn. born from Śakti ib.
• m. a son of Śiva ib.
⋙ śaktijāgara
○jāgara m. N. of a Tāntric wk
⋙ śaktijāmala
○jāmala wṛ. for -yāmala
⋙ śaktijña
○jña mfn. one who knows his powers MBh.
⋙ śaktitantra
○tantra n. N. of a Tantra
⋙ śaktitas
○tas ind. in consequence or by reason of power or strength Kap. Sāṃkhyak.
• according to power, to the best of one's ability Mn. MBh. &c
⋙ śaktitā
○tā f. (ifc.) power, capacity, faculty BhP.
⋙ śaktitraya
○traya n. the three constituents of regal power ( col. 2) ib.
⋙ śaktitva
○tva n. (ifc.) = -tā Suśr.
⋙ śaktidatta
○datta m. N. of a man Cat.
⋙ śaktidāsa
○dāsa m. N. of the author of the Māyā-bijakalpa ib.
⋙ śaktideva
○deva m. N. of a Brāhman Kathās.
• of an author of Mantras Cat.
⋙ śaktidvayavat
○dvaya-vat mfn. endowed with two powers or faculties Vedântas.
⋙ śaktidhara
○dhara mfn. bearing or holding a spear VarBṛS.
• m. 'spearman', N. of a warrior Hit. (vḷ. śaktivara)
• of Skanda Hariv. BhP. (cf. kanaka-śakti)
• of an author of Mantras Cat.
• of a Tāntric teacher ib.
⋙ śaktidhṛk
○dhṛk mfn. bearing a spear MW.
⋙ śaktidhvaja
○dhvaja m. 'having a spear for emblem', N. of Skanda Daś.
⋙ śaktinātha
○nātha m. 'lord of Śakti', N. of Siva, Mālatim
⋙ śaktinyāsa
○nyāsa m. N. of a Tāntric wk
⋙ śaktiparṇa
○parṇa m. Alstonia Scholaris L.
⋙ śaktipāṇi
○pāṇi m. 'spear-handed', N. of Skanda Kālac.
⋙ śaktipāta
○pāta m. prostration of strength MW.
⋙ śaktiputra
○putra m. 'son of Śiva', N. of Skanda L.
⋙ śaktipūjaka
○pūjaka m. a Śakti-worshipper, a Śikta Cat.
⋙ śaktipūjā
○pūjā f. Śakti-worship MW.
• N. of wk
⋙ śaktipūrva
○pūrva m. having Śakti for a forefather', patr. of Parāśara VarBṛS.
⋙ śaktiprakarṣa
○prakarṣa mfn. possessing superior capacity or power MW.
⋙ śaktiprakāśabodhinī
○prakāśa-bodhinī f
⋙ śaktibodha
○bodha m. N. of wks
⋙ śaktibhadra
○bhadra m. N. of an author Cat.
⋙ śaktibhṛt
○bhṛt mfn. bearing power, powerful, VārBṛS
• 'spear-holder', N. of Skanda L.
• a spearman W.
⋙ śaktibheda
○bheda m. difference of power MW.
• a special capacity ib.
⋙ śaktibhairavatantra
○bhairavatantra n. N. of a Tantra
⋙ śaktimat
○mat mfn. possessed of ability, powerful, mighty, able to (inf. or loc.) Mn. MBh. &c
• possessing a competence, one who has gained a fortune MW.
• possessed of or united with his Sakti or energy (as a god) Kathās.
• armed with a spear or lance Hariv.
• m. N. of a mountain (prob. wṛ. for śukti-mat) MBh.
• (atī), f. N. of a woman, Kathis
• (-mat) -tva n. power, might Ragh.
⋙ śaktimaya
○maya mf(ī)n. consisting of or produced from a Śakti &c. Cat.
⋙ śaktimokṣa
○mokṣa m. 'loss of strength' and 'hurling a spear' Vās.
⋙ śaktiyaśas
○yaśas f. N. of a Vidyādhari and of the 10th Lambaka of the Kathā-sarit-sāgara (named after her)
⋙ śaktiyāmala
○yāmala n. N. of a Tantra
⋙ śaktirakṣita
○rakṣita or m. N. of a king of the Kirātas Kathās.
⋙ śaktirakṣitaka
○rakṣiḍtaka m. N. of a king of the Kirātas Kathās.
⋙ śaktiratnākara
○ratnâkara m. 'jewelmine of Śakti', N. of awk. on the mystical worship of Śakti or Durgā
⋙ śaktivanamāhātmya
○vana-māhātmya n. N. of a ch. of the BhavP.
⋙ śaktivara
○vara -dhara
⋙ śaktivallabha
○vallabha m. N. of an author Cat.
⋙ śaktivāda
○vāda m. 'assertion of Śaktidoctrine', N. of a phil. wk. by Gadādhara-bhaṭṭacārya
-kalikā f. -tīkā f. -rahasya n. -vivaraṇa, n
○dârtha-dīpikā f. N. of wks
⋙ śaktivādin
○vādin m. one who asserts the Śakti-doctrine, an adherent of Śiva-doctrine, a Sākta Cat.
⋙ śaktivicāra
○vicāra m. N. of a phil. wk. (= -vāda)
⋙ śaktivijayastuti
○vijaya-stuti f
⋙ śaktivijayasvāmistotra
○vijaya-svāmi-stotra n. N. of wks
⋙ śaktivīra
○vīra m. (in Śakti worship) the man who has intercourse with the woman representing Śakti W. [Page 1045, Column 1]
⋙ śaktivega
○vega m. N. of a Vidyādhara Kathās.
⋙ śaktivaikalya
○vaikalya n. deficiency of power or strength, incapacity, debility W.
⋙ śaktivaibhavika
○vaibhavika mfn. endowed with power and efficacy MārkP.
⋙ śaktiśodhana
○śodhana n., purification of SṭŚakti', a ceremony performed with the woman representing ŚṭŚakti W.
⋙ śaktiṣṭha
○ṣṭha (for -stha), mfn. potent, mighty L.
⋙ śaktisaṃgamatantra
○saṃgama-tantra n
⋙ śaktisaṃgamāmṛta
○saṃgamâmṛta n. N. of Tāntric wks
⋙ śaktisiṃha
○siṃha m. N. of a man Cat.
⋙ śaktisiddhanta
○siddhánta m. N. of wk
⋙ śaktisena
○sena m. N. of a man Rājat. vi, 216
⋙ śaktistotra
○stotra n. N. of a Stotra
⋙ śaktisvāmin
○svāmin m. N. of a minister of Muktâpiḍa Cat.
⋙ śaktihara
○hara mf(ā)n. depriving of strength Cāṇ.
⋙ śaktihasta
○hasta m. = -pāṇi Kālac.
⋙ śaktihīna
○hīna mfn. powerless impotent Hit.
⋙ śaktihetika
○hetika mfn. armed with a spear or lance L.
≫ śaktin 1
śaktin mfn. (prob.) furnished with a flag-staff MBh. (cf. ratha-śakti)
≫ śaktin 2
śaktin m. N. of a man (= śakti, m.) MBh.
≫ śaktīvat
śaktī-vat mfn. (cf. śakti) 'powerful' or 'helpful' RV. TBr.
≫ śakty
śakty in comp. for śakti
⋙ śaktyapekṣa
○apêkṣa mfn. having regard or reference to ability, according to power or capacity MW.
⋙ śaktyardha
○ardha m. 'half-strength', a partic. stage of exhaustion (perspiring or panting with fatigue) L.
⋙ śaktyavara
○avara mfn. junior to Śakti MW.
≫ śakna
śakna or mfn. kind or pleasant in speech (= priyaṃ-vada) L.
⋙ śaknu
śaknu mfn. kind or pleasant in speech (= priyaṃ-vada) L.
≫ śaknuvāna
śaknuvāna a-ś○
≫ śakman
śákman n. power, strength, capacity RV.
• energy, action ib.
• m. N. of Indra L.
≫ śakya
śakya mf(ā)n. able, possible, practicable, capable of being (with inf. in pass. sense, e.g. na sā śakyā netum balāt, she cannot be conducted by force'
tan mayā śakyam pratśpattum, that is able to be acquired by me'
• the form śakyam may also be used with a nom. case which is in a different gender or number, e.g. śakyaṃ śva-māṃsâdibhir api kṣut pratihantum, 'hunger can be appeased even by dog's flesh &c.'
cf. Vām. v, 2, 25) MBh. Kāv. &c
• to be conquered or subdued, liable to be compelled to (inf.) MBh.
• explicit, direct, literal (as the meaning of a word or sentence, opp. to lakṣya and vyaṅgya) Alaṃkāraś.
⋙ śakyatama
○tama mfn. most possible, very practicable (with inf. in a pass. sense) Hit. iii, 115 (vḷ.)
⋙ śakyatā
○tā f
⋙ śakyatva
○tva n. possibility, practicability, capacity, capability Sarvad. (-tâvacchedaka n. = śakyâṃśe bhāsamāna-dharmaḥ L.)
⋙ śakyapratikāra
○pratikāra mfn. capable of being remedied, remediable Kathās. (apr○)
• m. a possible remedy or counter-agent W.
⋙ śakyarūpa
○rūpa mfn. possible to be (inf. in pass. sense) MBh. xii, 2613
⋙ śakyaśaṅka
○śaṅka mfn. liable to be doubted, admitting of doubt Sarvad.
⋙ śakyasāmantatā
○sāmantatā f. the state of being able to conquer neighbouring kings Kām.
≫ śakra
śakrá mf(ā́)n. strong, powerful, mighty (applied to various gods, but esp. to Indra)
RV. AV. TBr. Lāṭy.
• m. N. of Indra MBh. Kāv. &c
• of an Āditya MBh. Hariv.
• of the number, fourteen' Gaṇit.
• Wrightia Antidysenterica L.
• Terminalia Arjuna L.
⋙ śakrakārmuka
○kārmuka n. 'Indra's bow', the rainbow VarBṛS.
⋙ śakrakaṣṭhā
○káṣṭhā f. 'Indra's quarter', the east Dhūrtan.
⋙ śakrakumārikā
○kumārikā (cf. KālP.) or (VarBṛS.), f. a small flag-staff used with Indra's banner VarBṛS.
⋙ śakrakumārī
○kumāḍrī (VarBṛS.), f. a small flag-staff used with Indra's banner VarBṛS.
⋙ śakraketu
○ketu m. Indra's banner ib.
⋙ śakrakrīdācala
○krīdâcala m. Indra's pleasure. mountain', N. of the mountain Meru L.
⋙ śakragopa
○gopa or m. the cochineal insect (cf. indra-g○) MBh. Kāv. &c
⋙ śakragopaka
○gopaka m. the cochineal insect (cf. indra-g○) MBh. Kāv. &c
⋙ śakracāpa
○cāpa n. = -kārmuka MBh. Hariv. &c
-samudbhavā f. a kind of cucumber L. ○pāya Nom. Ā. ○yate, to represent a rainbow, Hiriv
⋙ śakraja
○ja m. Indra-born', a cow L.
⋙ śakrajanitrī
○janitrī f. 'Indra's mother', N. of the largest flag-staff used with Indra's banner VarBṛS.
⋙ śakrajāta
○jāta m. = -ja L.
⋙ śakrajānu
○jānu m. N. of a monkey R.
⋙ śakrajāla
○jāla n. magic, sorcery Kālac.
⋙ śakrajit
○jit m. Indra's conqueror', N. of the son of Rāvaṇa (his first name was Megha-nāda, but after his victory over Indra, described in the Rāmâyaṇa, Uttara-kṭkāṇḍa xxxiv, it was changed by Brahmā to Śakra-jit = Indra-jit, q.v
• he was killed by Lakshmaṇa) R. Ragh. &c
• of a king VP.
⋙ śakrataru
○taru m. a species of plant (= vijayā) L.
⋙ śakratejas
○tejas mfn. glorious or vigorous like Indra Bhag.
⋙ śakratva
○tva n. Indra's power or dignity MBh.
⋙ śakradantin
○dantin m. Indra's elephant (called Airāvata) Śiś.
⋙ śakradiś
○diś f. = -kāṣṭhā Kāv. VarBṛS.
⋙ śakradeva
○deva m. N. of a king of the Kaliṅgas MBh.
• of a son of Sṛigāla Hariv.
• of a poet Cat.
⋙ śakradevatā
○devatā f. N. of a partic. night of new moon MBh.
⋙ śakradaivata
○daivata n. 'having Indra as deity', N. of the Nakshatra Jyeshṭhā VarBṛS. . [Page 1045, Column 2]
⋙ śakradruma
○druma m. Pinus Deodora L.
• Mimusops Elengi L.
• Terminalia Arjuna L.
⋙ śakradhanus
○dhanus n. = -kārmuka MBh. R. &c
⋙ śakradhvaja
○dhvaja m. Indra's banner MBh. R. VarBṛS.
-taru m. id. Hariv.
○jôtsava m. = śakrôtsava MW.
⋙ śakranandana
○nandana m. Indra's son', patr. of Arjuna L.
⋙ śakraparyāya
○paryāya m. Wrightia Antidysenterica L.
⋙ śakrapāta
○pāta m. the lowering of IṭIndra's flag Yājñ.
⋙ śakrapāda
○pāda m. the foot of Indra's banner, Var Yogay
⋙ śakrapādapa
○pādapa m. Pinus Deodora L.
• Wrightia Antidysenterica L.
⋙ śakrapura
○pura n. (cf. Kull.),
⋙ śakrapurī
○purī f. (cf. Kathās.) Indra's town
⋙ śakrapuṣpikā
○puṣpikā or f. Menispermum Cordifolium L.
⋙ śakrapuṣpī
○puṣpī f. Menispermum Cordifolium L.
⋙ śakraprastha
○prastha n. N. of ancient Delhi (= indra-prastha) MBh. BhP.
⋙ śakrabāṇāsana
○bāṇâsana n. = -kārmuka R.
⋙ śakrabīja
○bīja n. the seed of Wrightia Antidysenterica L.
⋙ śakrabhakṣa
○bhakṣa m. or n. = śakrâśana Kautukas.
-bhakṣaka m. an eater of lowering's food ib.
-makha or -makhôtsava m. a festival in honour of the plant called 'Indra's food' ib.
⋙ śakrabhavana
○bhavana n. Indra's heaven, Svarga or paradise, I-
⋙ śakrabhid
○bhid m. = -jit L.
⋙ śakrabhuvana
○bhuvana n. = -bhavana W.
⋙ śakrabhūbhavā
○bhūbhavā f. Cucumis Coloquintida L.
⋙ śakrabhūtruha
○bhūtruha m. = -vṛkṣa L.
⋙ śakramātṛ
○mātṛ f. Clerodendrum Siphonantus L.
⋙ śakramātṛkā
○mātṛkā f. = -janitrī, KāIP
⋙ śakramūrdhan
○mūrdhan m. Indra's head, an ant-hill L.
⋙ śakrayava
○yava m.= -bīja Suśr.
⋙ śakrayaśovidhvaṃsana
○yaśo-vidhvaṃsana n. N. of a ch. of GaṇP. ii
⋙ śakrarūpa
○rūpa mfn. having the form of lṭlowering MW.
⋙ śakraloka
○loka m. = -bhavana Mn. R.
-bhāj mfn. sharing Indra's heaven or paradise MW.
⋙ śakravallī
○vallī f. colocynth L.
⋙ śakravāpin
○vāpin m. N. of a serpent-demon MBh.
⋙ śakravāhana
○vāhana m. 'Indra's vehicle', a cloud L.
⋙ śakravṛkṣa
○vṛkṣa m. Wrightia Antidysenterica L.
⋙ śakraśarāsana
○śarâsana n. = -kārmuka L.
○nāya Nom. P. ○yate (○yita n. impers.), to represent a rainbow, Dhanaicj
⋙ śakraśākhin
○śākhin m. = -vṛkṣa Bhpr.
⋙ śakraśālā
○śālā f. lowering's hall', a place or room prepared for sacrifices L.
⋙ śakraśiras
○śiras n. = -mūrdhan L.
⋙ śakrasadas
○sadas n. lowering's seat or place MBh.
⋙ śakrasārathi
○sārathi m. Indra's charioteer Mātali L.
⋙ śakrasuta
○suta m. Indra's son', N. of the monkey Vālin L.
• of Arjuna (cf. -nandana) W.
⋙ śakrasudhā
○sudhā f. Indra's nectar', gum olibanum L.
⋙ śakrasṛṣṭā
○sṛṣṭā f. Indra-created', Terminalia Chebula or yellow myrobalan (fabled to have sprung from the ground on which Indra spilt a drop of nectar) L.
⋙ śakrastuti
○stuti f. N. of wk
⋙ śakrākhya
śakrâkhya m. 'Indraṇamed', an owl (cf. ulūka and Vām. ii, 1, 13) L.
⋙ śkrāgni
śkrâgni m. du. Indra and Agni (lords of the Nakshatra Viśākhā) VarBṛS.
⋙ śakrātmaja
śakrâtmaja m. 'Indra's son', N. of Arjuna MBh.
⋙ śakrādana
śakrâdana n. -śakra-taru L.
⋙ śakrāditya
śakrâditya m. N. of a king Buddh.
⋙ śakrānalākhya
śakrânalâkhya mfn. called Indra and Agni (ibc.) VarBṛS. (cf. śakrâgni).'
⋙ śakrābhilagnaratna
śakrâbhilagnaratna n. a partic. gem L.
⋙ śakrāyudha
śakrâyudha n. = sakra-kārmuka R. VarBṛS. MārkP.
⋙ śakrāri
śakrâri m. Indra's enemy', N. of Kṛishṇa Pañcar.
⋙ śkrāvataratīrtha
śkrâvatára-tīrtha n. N. of a place of pilgrimage Siṃhâs.
⋙ śkrāvarta
śkrâvarta m. id. MBh.
⋙ śakrāśana
śakrâśana m. 'Indra's food', the plant Wrightia Antidysenterica (fabled to have sprung from the drops of Amṛita which fell to the ground from the bodies of Rāma's monkeys restored to life by Indra) L.
• n. the seed of Wrightia AntṭAntidysenterica L.
• an intoxicating drink prepared from hemp (= bhaṅgā) Hāsy. Kautukas. (cf. indrâśana)
-kānana n. -vāṭikā f. -vipina', n. a wood or garden in which hemp grows ib.
-niryāsa resin of Cannabis Sativa L.
⋙ śakrāsana
śakrâsana n. lowering's throne MBh. Kāv.
⋙ śakrāhya
śakrâhya m. (?) the seed of Wrightia Antidysenterica L.
⋙ śakreśvaratīrtha
śakrêśvaratīrtha n. N. of a Tirtha Cat.
⋙ śakrotthāna
śakrôtthāna n. the raising up of IṭIndra's banner, = next Cat. (also ○nôtsava m. VP.)
⋙ śakrotava
śakrôtava m. Indra-festival', a festival in honour of lowering on the twelfth day of the light half of Bhādra (when a flag or banner was set up
• cf. dhvajôtthāna and śakra-dhvajôtsava) MBh.
≫ śakrāṇī
śakrāṇī f. N. of Śacī (wife of Indra) MBh.
≫ śakri
śakri m. (only L.) a cloud
• a thunderbolt
• an elephant
• a mountain
≫ śakru
śakru m. N. of a man VP.
≫ śakla 1
śakla mfn. (for 2. p. 1047, col. i) speaking pleasantly or kindly, affable L. (cf. śakna)
≫ śakvan
śákvan mf(arī)n. powerful, able, mighty VS.
• m. an artificer ŚBr.
• an elephant L.
• (arī), f. below
≫ śakvara
śakvara m. a bull Hcar. Kām. Sch.
• (ā), f. gravel L. (prob. wṛ. for śarkarā)
≫ śakvarī
śákvarī f. pl. (wrongly written śakkarī or śarkarī) N. of partic. verses or hymns (esp. of the Mahānāmnī verses belonging to the Śākvara-Sāman) RPrāt. Gobh.
• a partic. metre (in Vedic texts of 7 x 8 syllables, and therefore called sapta-padā, later any metre of 4 x 14 syllables, e.g. the Vasanta-tilaka, q.v.)
TS. Kāṭh. ChUp. &c. [Page 1045, Column 3]
• pl. water AV. VS. Gobh.
• du. the arms Naigh. ii, 4
• sg. a cow AV. PañcavBr. (cf. Naigh. ii, 11)
• a finger L.
• a river Uṇ.iv, 112 Sch.
• N. of a river L.
• a girdle, Kāvâsd. iii, 149
⋙ śakvarītva
○tvá n. the state or condition of being a Śakvarī verse MaitrS.
⋙ śakvarīpṛṣṭha
○pṛṣṭha mfn. having the Śakvarī verses for a Pṛishṭha (q.v.) Lāṭy.
≫ śagma
śagmá mf(ā́)n. powerful, mighty, strong, effective (others, helpful, kind, friendly') RV. AV. VS. Br. Kauś.
≫ śagman
śágman n. vḷ. for śâkma, i Naigh. ii, 1
≫ śagmya
śagmyá mf(ā)n. = śagma RV. AV. ŚBr.
śaka 2
śáka n. excrement, ordure, dung (cf. śakan, i, śakṛt) AV.
• water (v. l. for kaśa) Naigh. i, 12
• m. a kind of animal Pañcar. (vḷ. śala)
• wṛ. for śuka MBh. xiii, 2835
• (ā), f. a kind of bird or fly or long-eared animal VS. TS. (cf. Sch.)
⋙ śakadhūma
○dhū́ma m. the smoke of burnt or burning cow-dung AV.
• (prob.) N. of a Nakshatra ib.
• a priest who augurs by means of cow-dung Kauś.
-já or -jā́ mfn. produced or born from cow-dung AV.
⋙ śakaṃdhi
○ṃdhi m. N. of a man, g. śubhrâdhi
⋙ śakapiṇḍa
○piṇḍa m. a lump of dung VS.
⋙ śakapūṇa
○pūṇa m. (fr. √pūṇ?) N. of a man (cf. śākapūṇi)
⋙ śakapūta
○pūta (śáka-), mfn. 'purified with cow-dung', N. of the author of RV. x, 132 (having the patr. Nārmedha) Anukr.
⋙ śakabali
○bali (śáka-), m. an oblation of cow-dung AV.
⋙ śakamaya
○máya mf(ī)n. consisting of or arising from excrement RV.
⋙ śakambhara
○mbhará mfn. bearing dung or ordure AV.
⋙ śakaloṭa
○loṭa m. (√luṭ) = śālūka, a lotus-√cf. Gobh. (cf. Sch
• accord. to some = śaka-loṣṭa, a lump or ball of cowdung')
⋙ śakahū
○hū mfn. Pat.
⋙ śakaīdha
śakaī7dha m. a fire (made) with the excrement of animals ĀpŚr.
≫ śakandhu
śakandhu n. (perhaps for śakan-andhu) a dung-well (?) Pāṇ. 6-1, 94 Vārtt. 4
śaka 3
śaka m. pl. N. of a partic. whiteskinned tribe or race of people (in the legends which relate the contests between Vasishṭha and Viśvamitra the Śakas are fabled to have been produced by the Cow of Vasishṭha, from her sweat, for the destruction of Viśvāmitra's army ; in Mn. x, 44, they are mentioned together with the Pauṇḍrakas, Oḍras, Draviḍas, Kāmbojas, Javanas or Yavanas, Pāradas, Pahlavas, Cīnas, Kirātas, Daradas, and Khaśas, described by Kullūka as degraded tribes of Kshatriyas called after the districts in which they reside: according to the VP. iv, 3, king Sagara attempted to rid his kingdom of these tribes, but did not succeed in destroying them all: they are sometimes regarded as the followers of Śaka or Śāli-vāhana, and are probably to be identified with the Tartars or Indo-Scythians [Lat. saca] who overran India before the Āryans, and were conquered by the great Vikramâditya q.v. ; they really seem to have been dominant in the north-west of India in the last century before and the first two centuries after the beginning of our era) AV.Pariś. Mn. MBh. &c
• a king of the Śakas, g. kambojâdi (on Pāṇ. 4-1, 175 Vārtt.)
• an era, epoch (cf. -kāla)
• a year (of any era) Inscr.
• a partic. fragrant substance Gal.
⋙ śakakartṛ
○kartṛ or m. the founder of an era L.
⋙ śakakāraka
○kāraka m. the founder of an era L.
○kôtpatti, f. N. of wk
⋙ śakakāla
○kāla m. the Śaka era (beginning AḌ.78, and (founded by king Śāli-vāhana ; an expired year of the Śaka era is converted into the corresponding year AḌ. by adding to it 78-79 ; e.g. 654 expired = AḌ. 732-733)
VarBṛS. Rājat. (cf. RTL. 433)
⋙ śakakṛt
○kṛt m. = -kartṛ L.
⋙ śakacella
○cella (?), m. N. of a poet Cat.
⋙ śakadeśa
○deśa m. N. of a country Cat.
⋙ śakanṛpatisaṃvatsara
○nṛpati-saṃvatsara m. a year of the Śaka era Inscr.
⋙ śakanṛpāla
○nṛpāla m. a Śaka king Jyot.
⋙ śakapuruṣavivaraṇa
○puruṣa-vivaraṇa n. N. of wk
⋙ śakabhūpakāla
○bhūpa-kāla m. = śaka-kāla VarBṛS.
⋙ śakavatsara
○vatsara m. a year of the Śaka era L.
⋙ śakavarṇa
○varṇa m. N. of a king VP.
⋙ śakavarman
○varman m. N. of a poet Cat.
⋙ śakavarṣa
○varṣa m. or n. = -vatsara Jyot.
⋙ śakavṛddhi
○vṛddhi m. N. of a poet Cat.
⋙ śakasthāna
○sthāna n. N. of a country (?) Hcar.
⋙ śakāditya
śakâditya m. 'sun of the Śālis', N. of king Śāli-vāhana L.
⋙ śakādhiparājadhānī
śakâdhipa-rājadhānī f. the capital or residence of the Śāli king, i.e. Dilli (Delhi) L.
⋙ śakāntaka
śakântaka m. 'destroyer of the ŚṭŚāli', N. of king Vikramâditya L.
⋙ śakābda
śakâbda m. a year of the Śāli era W.
⋙ sakāri
sakâri m. 'enemy of the Śskas', N. of king Vikramâditya Rājat.
⋙ śakendrakāla
śakêndra-kāla m. = śakabhūpa-kāla VarBṛS.
≫ śakāra 2
śakāra m. (for 1. under 1. śa) a descendant of the Śakas, a Śaka Pat. on Pāṇ. 4-i, 130
• a king's brother-in-law through one of his inferior wives (esp. in the drama represented as a foolish, frivolous, proud, low, and cruel man, such as is Saṃsthānaka in the Mṛicchakaṭikā, he speaks the dialect of the Śikas i.e. Śākārī, which employs the sibilant ś, exclusively [Page 1046, Column 1]
• hence Śakāra, accord. to some, is for, 'Śa-kāra', one who uses the letter Śa) Bhar. Daś. Sāh. &c
≫ śakārilipi
śakāri-lipi f. a partic. kind of writing Lalit.
śakaca
śakaca m. a proper N. Rājat.
śakaṭa
śakaṭa n. (rarely m. of doubtful derivation) a cart, waggon, car, carriage Nir. ŚāṅkhŚr. &c
• (with prājāpatyam, or rohiṇyāḥ, cf. rohiṇī-ś○) the five stars forming the asterism Rohiṇī compared to a cart Kāv. VarBṛS. &c
• (only) n. a partic. configuration of stars and planets (when all the planets are in the Ist and 7th house) VarBṛS.
• m. n. a form of military array resembling a wedge Mn. vii, 187
• m. Dalbergia Ougeinensis L.
• Arum Colacasia L.
• an implement for preparing grain MW.
• wṛ. for śākaṭa, q.v
• N. of a man, g., naḍâdi
• of a demon slain by the child Kṛishṇa Śiś.
• m. or n. (?) N. of a place Cat.
• (ī), f. below
⋙ śakaṭadāsa
○dāsa m. N. of a man Mudr.
⋙ śakaṭanīḍa
○nīḍa n. the interior of a cart ĀpŚr.
⋙ śakaṭabhid
○bhid m. 'slayer of Śakaṭa', N. of Vishṇu-Kṛishṇa Pañcar.
⋙ śakaṭabheda
○bheda m. division of the ŚṭŚakaṭa asterism by the moon or a planet passing through it Col.
⋙ śakaṭamantra
○mantra m. pl. the verses addressed to the chariot of Soma ĀpŚr.
⋙ śakaṭavila
○vila (?), m. a gallinule W. (cf. śakaṭāvila)
⋙ śakaṭavyūha
○vyūha m. a partic. form of military array MBh.
⋙ śakaṭavrata
○vrata n. a partic. observance Cat.
⋙ śakaṭasārtha
○sârtha m. a multitude or train of carts, caravan Pat. on Pāṇ. 3-2, 115
⋙ śakaṭahan
○han m. = -bhid W.
⋙ śakaṭākṣa
śakaṭâkṣa m. the axle of a cart MW.
⋙ śakaṭāṅgaja
śakaṭâṅgaja m. a patr. = śākatayana. Gaṇar.
⋙ śakaṭāpaṇa
śakaṭâpaṇa m. pl. carts and merchandise R. (wṛ. śakaṭâyana)
⋙ sakaṭāri
sakaṭâri m. 'enemy of Śakaṭa', N. of Kṛishṇa L.
⋙ śakaṭāvila
śakaṭâvila (?), m. a kind of aquatic bird (= plava) Yājñ. Sch.
⋙ śakatāsurabhañjana
śakatâsura-bhañjana m. 'crusher of the demon Śakaṭa', N. of Kṛishṇa Pañcar.
⋙ śakaṭāhvā
śakaṭâhvā f. 'cartnamed', the asterism Rohiṇī (cf. above) L.
⋙ sakaṭoccāṭana
sakaṭôccāṭana n. the upsetting or overturning of a cart BhP.
≫ śakaṭāya
śakaṭāya Nom. P. ○yati, to represent or be like a cart BhP.
≫ śakaṭāra
śakaṭāra m. a bird of prey (perhaps a kind of vulture) MW.
• N. of a monkey Hit.
• = śakaṭāla W.
⋙ śakaṭāropākhyāna
śakaṭārôpâkhyāna n. the episode or fable of the monkey Śakaṭāra Cat.
≫ śakaṭāla
śakaṭāla m. N. of a minister of king Nanda (in revenge for ill-treatment he conspired with the Brāhman Cāṇakya to effect his master's death) Hcar. Kathās.
≫ śakaṭi
śakaṭi f. = śakaṭī g. bahv-ādi
≫ śakaṭika
śakaṭika mfn. (fr. śākaṭa), g. kumudâdi
≫ śakaṭikā
śakaṭikā f. a small cart, a child's cart, toy-cart Mṛicch. ix, (cf. 28/29 (cf. mṛc-chakaṭikā)
≫ śakaṭin
śakaṭin mfn. possessing a cart or carriage
• m. the owner of a cart Kathās.
≫ śakaṭī
śakaṭī́ f. a waggon, cart, carriage RV. x, 146, 3 (cf. g. bahv-āli)
⋙ śakaṭīkarṇa
○karṇa g. suvāstv-ādi (cf. Kāś. śaṭī-karṇa)
⋙ śakaṭīmukha
○mukha mf(ī) u. 'cart-mouthed', having a mouth like a cart ṢaḍvBr.
⋙ śakaṭīśakaṭa
○śakaṭa mfn. (prob.) consisting of (or produced by) carts or carriages of all kinds (as a noise) Hariv.
≫ śakaṭīyaśabara
śakaṭīya-śabara m. N. of a poet Cat.
≫ śakaṭyā
śakaṭyā f. a multitude of carts, g. pāśâdi
śakan
śakán śákṛt, col. 3
śakam
śakam unader śám (ind.)
śakara
śákara next
śakala
śákala m. n. (in ŚBr. also śákara, of doubtful derivation) a chip, fragment, splint, log, piece, bit TS. &c. &c. (śakalānikṛ, with acc., 'to separate, divide, dissipate' Ragh.)
• a potsherd Mn. vi, 28
• a spark (in kṛśānu-ś○) Śiś. v 9
• n. a half Sāh (candra-ś○, the half-moon Kād.)
• a half-verse Ked.
• the half of an egg-shell Mn. MBh. &c
• skin, bark Divyâv.
• the scales of a fish (cf. śalka, śalkala) ib.
• the skull (in kapāla-ś○)
• cinnamon L.
• a kind of black pigment or dye L.
• m. N. of a man, g. gargâdi
⋙ śakalajyotis
○jyotis m. a kind of venomless snake L.
⋙ śakalavat
○vat mfn. g. madhv-ādi
⋙ śakalāṅguṣṭhaka
śakalâṅguṣṭhaka mfn. (Vedic) Pāṇ. 3-1, 59 Sch.
⋙ śakalendu
śakalêndu m. the half-moon, Hanv. (also wṛ. for sakal○). [Page 1046, Column 2]
⋙ śakalaya
śakalaya Nom. P. ○yati, to break into pieces, divide Mcar.
≫ śakalākṛ
śakalā-√kṛ P. -karoti id., g. ūry-ādi
≫ śakalita
śakalita mfn. broken into pieces, reduced to fragments Hcar. Śiś. Bālar.
≫ śakalin
śakalin m. 'having scales', a fish Harav.
≫ śakalī
śakalī in comp. for śakala
⋙ śakalīkaraṇa
○karaṇa n. the act of breaking in pieces W. -√kṛ P. -karoti, to break in pieces, divide, bruised Kād. ĀpŚr. Sch.
⋙ śakalīkṛta
○kṛta mfn. broken or cut in pieces, reduced to fragments, smashed, bruised, divided MBh. Kāv. &c
⋙ śakalīkṛti
○kṛti f = -karaṇa Harav.
⋙ śakalībhū
○bhū P. -bhavati, to be broken in pieces, burst asunder MBh. R.
⋙ śakalībhūta
○bhūta mfn. broken in pieces, bruised, crushed, burst MBh.
≫ śakalyeṣin
śakalyeṣin mfn. (accord. to Padap. from śakalya + eṣin) 'desiring fragments of wood', devouring or licking (as a flame of fire) AV. 1, 25, 2
śakava
śakava m. (doubtful) a goose W.
śakasakāya
śakasakāya P. ○yati (onomat.), to make a rustling noise, rustle (as the leaves of a tree in the wind) Bhaṭṭ.
śakāra
śakāra 1. 2. under 1. śa and 3. śaka
śakuṭā
śakuṭā f. a partic. part of an elephant's hind leg L.
śakuna
śakuná m. (said to be fr. √śak Uṇ. iii, 49) a bird (esp. a large bird or one of good or bad omen) RV. &c. &c
• a partic. kind of bird (either = gridhra, a vulture, or = cilla, a common kite or Pondicherry eagle) L.
• a kind of Brāhman (vipra-bheda) MW.
• a sort of hymn or song (sung at festivals to secure good fortune) W.
• (with vasiṣṭhasya) N. of a Sāman ĀrshBr.
• N. of an Asura BhP.
• pl. N. of a people MBh. Buddh.
• (ī), f. col. 3
• n. any auspicious object or lucky omen, an omen or prognostic (in general
• rarely 'an inauspicious omen')
Kāv. Kathās. Pañcat.
• mfn. indicating good luck, auspicious MW.
⋙ śakunajña
○jña mfn. knowing omens Kathās.
• (ā), f. a small house-lizard L.
⋙ śakunajñāna
○jñāna n. knowledge of birds or omens, augury Yājñ.
• N. of a chapter of the ŚārṅgP.
⋙ śakunadīpaka
○dīpaka m. (or ikā f.) N. of wk. on augury
⋙ śakunadevatā
○devatā f. a deity presiding over good omens Kathās.
⋙ śakunadvāra
○dvāra n. 'door of omens', a partic. term in augury VarBṛS.
⋙ śakunapattra
○pattra n
⋙ śakunaparīkṣā
○parī7kṣā f
⋙ śakunapradīpa
○pradīpa m
⋙ śakunaratnāvalī
○ratnâvalī f. N. of wks
⋙ śakunarutajñāna
○ruta-jñāna n. knowledge of the notes of birds VarBṛS. Rājat.
⋙ śakunavidyā
○vidyā f. = prec. Buddh.
⋙ śakunaśāstra
○śāstra ī. 'doctrine or book of omens', N. of wk
⋙ śakunasāroddhāra
○sārôddhāra m. N. of wk
⋙ śakunasūkta
○sū7kta n. the bird-hymn (perhaps RV. i, 164, 20 or x, 146, 2) VarBṛS.
⋙ śakunādhiṣṭhātrī
śakunâdhiṣṭhātrī f. f. (a goddess) presiding over good omens Kathās.
⋙ śakunārṇava
śakunârṇava m.,,
⋙ śakunāvalī
śakuḍnâvalī f. N. of wks. on augury
⋙ śakunāśā
śakunâśā f. N. of a plant, Śuśr. (perhaps wṛ. for śakulâśa
• cf. śakulâdanī)
⋙ śakunāhṛt
śakunâhṛt m. a kind of rice L.
• a kind of fish L.
⋙ śakunāhṛta
śakunâhṛta mfn. brought by birds L.
• a kind of rice Suśr. (cf. prec.)
⋙ śaknnopadeśa
śaknnôpadeśa m. the doctrine of omens, augury VarBṛS.
≫ śakunaka
śakunaka m. a bird MBh.
• (ikā), f. a female bird ib.
• N. of one of the Mātṛis attendant of Skanda ib.
• of various women Vās.
≫ śakuni
śakúni m. a bird (esp. a large bird L. = gridhra or cilla, accord. to some 'a cock') RV. &c. &c
• (in astronomy) N. of the first fixed karaṇa (q.v.) VarBṛS.
• N. of a Naga MBh.
• of an evil demon (son of Duþ-saha) MārkP.
• of an Asura (son of Hiraṇyâksha and father of Vṛika) Hariv. Pur.
• of the brother of queen Gandhārī (and therefore the brother-in-law of Dhṛita-rāshṭra and the Mātula or maternal uncle of the Kuru princes
• as son of Subala, king of Gāndhāra, he is called Saubala
• he often acted as counsellor of Duryodhana, and hence his name is sometimes applied to an old officious relative whose counsels ten to misfortune) MBh. Hariv. &c. (cf. IW. 380)
• of a son of Vikukshi and grandson of Ikshvāku) Hariv.
• of a son of Daśa-ratha ib. BhP.
• of the great-grandfather of Aśoka Rājat.
• du. N. of the Āśvins MW.
• (i or ī), f. below
⋙ śakunigraha
○graha m. N. of a demon causing children's diseases MBh.
⋙ śakuniprapā
○prapā f. a drinking-trough for birds L.
⋙ śakunivāda
○vāda m. the first song of birds (or of a partic. bird) at dawn (accord. to some 'the crowing of a cock') AitBr.
⋙ śakunisavana
○savana n. g. savanâdi. [Page 1046, Column 3]
⋙ śakunisāda
○sādá m. a partic. part of the sacrificial horse VS.
⋙ śakunīśvara
śakunī7śvara m. lord of birds', N. of Garuḍa L.
⋙ śakunyupākhyāna
śakuny-upâkhyāna n. N. of wk
≫ śakunī
śakunī f. (of śakuna or ○ni, col, 2) a female bird MBh. Hariv.
• a hen-sparrow L.
• Turdus Macrourus L.
• N. of a female demon (sometimes identified with Durgā) causing a partic. child's disease (sometimes = pūtanā, and in this sense also śakuni) MBh. Hariv.
≫ śakunta
śákúnta m. a bird MBh. Kāv. &c
• a partic. bird of prey BhP.
• a blue jay L.
• a sort of insect L.
• N. of a son of Viśvāmitra MBh.
≫ śakuntaka
śakuntaká m. a small bird VS. MBh.
• (ikā́), f. a female bird RV.
≫ śakuntalā
śakuntalā f. (said to be fr. śakunta) N. of a daughter of the Apsaras Menakā by Viśvāmitra (she was supposed to have been born and left in a forest, where she was protected by birds till found by the sage Kaṇva, who took her to his hermitage and reared her as his daughter
• she was there seen by king Dushyanta, when on a hunting expedition, and married by him, and became the mother of Bharata, sovereign of all India
• the story of Dushyanta's accidental meeting with Śakuntalā, their marriage, separation, his repudiation of her through temporary loss of memory caused by a curse, his subsequent recognition of her by means of a ring which was lost but afterwards recovered, forms the subject of Kalidāsa's celebrated drama called Abhijñāna-śakuntalā, q.v.)
⋙ śakuntalātmaja
○"ṣtmaja (○lâtm○), m. 'Svargakh's'son', metron. of Bharata (sovereign of India) L.
⋙ sakuntalopākhyāna
sakuntalôpâkhyāna n. 'story of ŚṭŚakuntalā', N. of MBh. i, 60-74 and of PadmaP., Svargakh. 1-5
≫ śakunti
śakúnti m. a bird RV. Kāv.
≫ śakuntikā
śakuntikā śakuntaka
śakunda
śakunda m. Nerium Odorum L. (cf. śata-kunda)
śakura
śakura mfn. tame, quiet (as an animal) Hcar.
śakula
śakulá m. a kind of fish (perhaps 'the gilt-head') VS. AV. MBh. &c
• a kind of spur-like projection (behind the hoof of an ox or cow) VS.
• (with vasiṣṭhasya) N. of a Śāman (v. l. for śakuna)
• (ī), f. below
⋙ śakulagaṇḍa
○gaṇḍa m. a kind of fish L.
⋙ śakulākṣaka
śakulâkṣaka m. 'fish-eyed', white bent-grass, Panicum Dactylon (the blossoms are white and compared to the eye of a fish) L.
⋙ śakulākṣī
śakulâkṣī f. a kind of Dūrvā grass L. (cf. prec.)
⋙ śakulāda
śakulâda m. pl. 'eating Śakulas', N. of a people, g. kāśyādi
⋙ śakulādanī
śakulâdanī f. (cf. śakunâśā) a kind of potherb (accord. to L. Commelina Salicifolia, Scindapsus Officinalis &c.) Car. Vāgbh.
• an earthworm W.
⋙ śakulārbhaka
śakulârbhaka m. a sort of fish L.
≫ śakulin
śakulin m. a fish L. (prob. wṛ. for śakalin, q.v.)
śakṛt
śákṛt n. (the weak cases are optionally formed fr. a base śakán, cf. Pāṇ. 6-1, 3
śakṛt nom. acc. sg. and ibc
• gen. sg. śaknás AV.
• instr. śaknā́ VS., or śakṛtā KātyŚr., instr. pl. śákabhis TS.
• acc. pl. śakṛtas VarBṛS.), excrement, ordure, feces, dung (esp. cow-dung) RV. &c. &c. [Cf. Gk. ?, ?, ; accord. to some, [1046, 3] ?, and Lat. cacare.]
⋙ śakṛtkari
○kari m. 'dung-making', a calf. L. (cf. Pāṇ. 3-2, 24)
⋙ śakṛtkāra
○kāra mfn. making ordure W.
⋙ śakṛtkīṭa
○kīṭa m. a dung-beetle L.
⋙ śakṛtpadī
○padī f. having ordure at the feet, g. kumbha-pady-ādi
⋙ śakṛtpiṇḍa
○piṇḍa m. a lump or ball of cow-dung Kauś. Āpast.
≫ śakṛd
śakṛd in comp. for śakṛt
⋙ śakṛdgraha
○graha wṛ. for sakṛd-gr○, q.v
⋙ śakṛddeśa
○deśa m. (cf. R.),
⋙ śakṛddvāra
○dvāra n. (K.) 'door of the feces', the anus
⋙ śakṛdbheda
○bheda m. 'loosening of the feces', diarrhoea Suśr.
≫ śakṛn
śakṛn in comp. for śakṛt
⋙ śakṛnmūtra
○mūtra n. feces and urine BhP. (cf., mūtra-śakṛt)
śakkara
śakkara ○rī, śakvara, ○rī
śakkari
śakkari m. a bull L. (cf. śakvara)
śakkuli
śakkuli prob. wṛ. for śaṣkuli Siddh.
śakta
śakta śakti &c. p. 1044, col. 2
śaktu
śaktu śaktuka, incorrect for saktu, saktuka, q.v
śaktri
śaktri śaktrin wṛ. for śakti m. [Page 1047, Column 1]
śakman
śakman śakya, śakra &c. p. 1045, col. 1
śakla 2
śakla m. (for 1. p. 1045, col. 2) prob. for śakala, śalka TS.
≫ śaklīkaraṇa
śaklī-karaṇa n. = śakalī-k○, breaking or hewing in pieces Bālar.
śakvan
śakvan śakvara, śakvarī, p. 1045, col. 2
śagma
śagmá śagmyá, p. 1045, col. 3
śaṅk
śaṅk c1. 1. Ā. (cf. Dhātup. iv, 12) sáṅ kate (ep. also P
• aor. 2. sg. aśaṅkīs, aśaṅkiṣṭa, śaṅkiṣṭhās, śaṅkithās MBh. &c., inf. śaṅkitum ib.
• ind. p
-śaṅkya ib.
• Gr. also pf. śaśaṅke fut. śaṅkitā, śaṅkiṣyate), to be anxious or apprehensive, be afraid of (abl.), fear, dread, suspect, distrust (acc.) Br. MBh.
• to be in doubt or un certain about (acc.), hesitate MBh. Kāv. &c
• to think probable, assume, believe, regard is (with two acc.), suppose to be (śaṅke, 'l think', I suppose', 'it seems to me') ib.
• (in argumentative works) to ponder over or propound a doubt or objection: Pass. śaṅkyate