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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 शश

  1. शशśaśaa hawk, falcon.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अदः

      1. a hawk, falcon.
      2. Name of a son of Ikṣvāku, father of पुरंजय.
    • -अदनः a hawk, falcon.

    • -ऊर्णम्, -लोमन् Neuter the hair of a rabbit, hair-skin.

    • शशः śaśḥ

      1. 1 A hare, rabbit; Ms.3.27;5.18.
      2. The spots on the moon (which are popularly considered to resemble the form of a hare).
      3. One of the four classes into which men are divided by erotic writers; thus defined; मृदुवचनसुशीलः कोमलाङ्गः सुकेशः सकलगुणनिधानं सत्यवादी शशोऽयम् Śabdak.; see Ratimañjarī 35 also.
      4. The Lodhra tree.
      5. Gum-myrrh.
      6. An antelope.
      7. Compound अङ्कः the moon; रामाभिधानमपरं जगतः शशाङ्कम् Pratimā 4.1.
      8. camphor. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedअर्धमुख Adjective crescent-headed (as an arrow). denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedमूर्तिः an epithet of the moon.
    • -लेखा the digit of the moon, lunar crescent.

    • -लाञ्छनः

      1. the moon; यदि स्यात् पावकः शीतः प्रोष्णो वा शशलाञ्छनः Pt.4.51; Ku. 7.6.
      2. camphor. बि(वि)न्दु the moon.
      3. an epithet of Viṣṇu.
    • -विषाणम्, -शृङ्गम् a hare's horn; used to denote anything impossible, an utter impossibility; कदाचिदपि पर्यटञ् शशविषाणमासादयेत् Bh.2.5; शशशृङ्ग- धनुर्धरः; see खपुष्प.

    • -स्थली the country between the Ganges and Yamunā, the Doab.

    • -धरः

      1. the moon; उत्पातधूमलेखाक्रान्तेव कला शशधरस्य Māl.9.49; प्रसरति शशधर- बिम्बे Gīt.7.
      2. camphor. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedमौलिः an epithet of Śiva.
    • -पदम् a hare's track (easily got over).

    • -प्लुतकम् a scratch with a finger-nail.

    • -भृत् Masculine the moon. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedभृत् Masculine an epithet of Śiva.

    • -रजस् Neuter a particular measure.

    • -लक्ष्मणः an epithet of the moon.

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Headwords under श

Part 3 of 10 शल्लक – शाबरिकाAll 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