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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary. Look up any word of the Gita in Devanagari, IAST or Harvard-Kyoto, or browse the headwords letter by letter.

Entry शठ

  1. शठśaṭhaa.Crafty, deceitful, fraudulent. dishonest, perfidious.

    [शठ्-अच्]

    1. Crafty, deceitful, fraudulent. dishonest, perfidious.
    2. Wicked, depraved.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -ठम्

      1. Iron.
      2. Saffron.

    • -उदर्क Adjective deceitful in the end.

    • -ठः

      1. A rogue, cheat, knave, swindler; Ms.4.3; Bg.18.28.
      2. A false or deceitful lover (who pretends to love one woman while his heart is fixed on another); ध्रुवमस्मि शठः शुचि- स्मिते विदितः कैतववत्सलस्तव R.8.49;19.31; शठ इति मयि तावदस्तु ते परिचयवत्यवधीरणा प्रिये M.3.19; (the S. D. thus defines a शठ: शठोऽयमेकत्र बद्धभावो यः । दर्शितबहिरनुरागो विप्रियमन्यत्र गूढमाचरति ॥ 74).
      3. A fool, blockhead.
      4. A mediator, arbitrator.
      5. The Dhattūra plant.
      6. An idler, a lazy fellow.

    In the Gita18·28

    अयुक्तः प्राकृतः स्तब्धः शठो नैष्कृतिकोऽलसः ।

    ayuktaḥ prākṛtaḥ stabdhaḥ śaṭho naiṣkṛtiko'lasaḥ, — One who acts with a mechanical mind (who does not put himself really into the work), is stupid, obstinate, cunning, insolent, lazy, easily depressed… 18·28
    • शठःśaṭhaḥnominative singular of the masculine noun śaṭha (cunning).
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Headwords under श

Part 1 of 10 श – शपितAll parts
  1. श – शपित
  2. शप्त – शल्ल
  3. शल्लक – शाबरिका
  4. शाबल्यम् – शिक्यित
  5. शिक्ष् – शीघ्रीय
  6. शीघ्ऱ्यम् – शुषिर
  7. शुषिरा – शैवल
  8. शैवलिनी – श्येन
  9. श्यै – श्लीपदिन्
  10. श्लील – श्वैत्रम्