शेषśeṣaSurplus, balance.
- Surplus, balance.
- Anything left out or omitted to be said; (इति शेषः is often used by commentators in supplying an ellipsis or words necessary to complete the construction).
- Escape, salvation, respite.
Derived forms and compounds
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शेष śēṣa, Adjective
- शिष्-अच् Remaining, rest, all the other; न्यषेधि शेषोऽप्यनुयायिवर्गः R.2.4;4.64;1.29; Me.3,89; रम्भे निर्वर्त्यतां शेषो विधिः V.5; शेषान् मासान् गमय चतुरो लोचने मीलयित्वा Me.11 (Vartious reading); Ms.3.47; Ku.2.44; Often times at the end of comp. in this sense; भक्षितशेष, आलेख्यशेष etc. षः, षम् (a) Remainder, rest, residue; ऋणशेषोऽग्निशेषश्च व्याधिशेषस्तथैव च । पुनश्च वर्धते यस्मात्तस्माच्छेषं न कारयेत् ॥ Chāṇ 4; अध्वशेष Me.4; प्रतिकारविधानमायुषः सति शेषे हि फलाय कल्पते R.8.4; so शेषे वयसः समागतो मृत्युः Bv.4.3; त्रिभागशेष Ku.5.57; वाक्यशेषः V.3. etc. (b)
- at last, finally.
- in other cases; as in शेषे षष्ठी).
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-अन्नम् leavings of food.
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-अवस्था old age.
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-कालः the time of death.
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-जातिः Feminine assimilation of residues; (in Algebra) reduction of fractions of residues.
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-पतिः a manager.
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-भागः the remainder.
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-भोजनम् the eating of leavings; गृहस्थस्य......त्यागः शेषभोजनम् Kau. Atmanepada 1.3.
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-रात्रिः the last watch of the night.
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-रूपिन् Adjective appearing to be secondary.
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-शयनः, -शायिन् Masculine epithets of Viṣṇu.
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-षः
- Result, effect.
- End, termination, conclusion.
- Death, destruction.
- Name of a celebrated serpent, said to have one thousand heads, and represented as forming the couch of Viṣṇu or as supporting the entire world on his head; किं शेषस्य भरव्यथा न वपुषि क्ष्मां न क्षिपत्येष यत् Mu.2.18; Ku.3.13; R.1.13.
- Name of Balarāma (supposed to be an incarnation of Śeṣa).
- An elephant.
- Subsidiary अङ्ग; something which is declared as being subservient to something else; शेषः परार्थत्वात् MS.3.1.2 (यस्तु अत्यन्तं परार्थस्तं वयं शेष इति ब्रूमः ŚB.); शेषो हि सादनम् ŚB. on MS.1.5.76.
- Favour (प्रसाद); 'शेषः संकर्षणे वधे अनन्ते ना प्रसादे च' इति मेदिनी नैवंशीलाः शेषमिहाप्नुवन्ति Mb.1.197.24.
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-षा The remains of flowers or other offerings made to an idol and distributed among the worshippers as a holy relique; तस्यै स्त्रियस्ताः प्रददुः शेषां युयुजुराशिषः Bhāg.1.53.5; तथेति शेषामिव भर्तुराज्ञामादाय मूर्ध्ना मदनः प्रतस्थे Ku.3.22; Ś.3.
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-षम् The remnants of food, remains of an offering. (शेषे is used adverbially in the sense of
