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Entry केस

केसkesaश [ś] रिन् [rin], (श) रिन् m. [केश-स-र-इनि]
1. श ś रिन् rin, (श) रिन् Masculine केश-स-र-इनि
2. A lion; अनुहुंकुरुते घनध्वनिं न हि गोमायुरुतानि केसरी Śi.16.25; धनुर्धरः केसरिणं ददर्श R.2.29; Ś.7.3.
3. The best, excellent, or most prominent of a class (at the end of comp.); Compare कुञ्जर, सिंह etc.
4. A horse; Mb.12.78.4.
5. The citron plant.
6. The Punnāga tree.
7. Name of the father of Hanūmat.
Derived forms and compounds
- -रिणी A lioness; Ks.7.12.
- -सुतः an epithet of Hanūmat.
- केस kēsa
  
  श ś रः rḥ रम् ram, (श) रः रम् 1 The mane (as of a lion); न हन्त्यदूरेऽपि गजान्मृगेश्वरो विलोलजिह्वश्चलिताग्रकेसरः Ṛs.1.14; Ś.7.14.
  
  The filament of a flower; नीपं दृष्ट्वा हरितक- पिशं केसरैरर्धरूढैः Me.21; Ś.6.18; M.2.11; R.4.67; Śi.9.47.
  
  The Bakula tree; रक्ताशोकश्चलकिसलयः केसर- श्चात्र कान्तः Me.8; Ku.3.55.
  
  The Punnāga tree.
  
  The fibre (as of a mango fruit).
  
  Saffron.
  
  The hair.
- -रम्
  
  A flower of the Bakula tree; सुरभि- गन्धपराजितकेसरम् R.9.36.
  
  Gold.
  
  Sulphate of iron.
- -अचलः an epithet of the mountain Meru; Bhāg.5.17.6.
- -अम्लः the citron.
- -वरम् saffron.
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