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Entry श्रम

श्रमśramaToil, labour, exertion, effort; अलं महीपाल तव श्रमेण R.2.34; जानाति हि पुनः सम्यक् कविरेव कवेः श्रमम् Subhāṣ.…
[श्रम्-घञ् न वृद्धिः]
1. Toil, labour, exertion, effort; अलं महीपाल तव श्रमेण R.2.34; जानाति हि पुनः सम्यक् कविरेव कवेः श्रमम् Subhāṣ.; R.16.75; Ms.9.28.
2. Weariness, fatigue, exhaustion; विनयन्ते स्म तद्योधा मधुभिर्विजय- श्रमम् R.4.65,67; Me.17,52; Ki.5.28.
3. Affliction, distress; देशकालविचारीदं श्रमव्यायामनिःस्वनम् Mb.14.45.2.
4. Penance, austerity, mortification of the body; दिवं यदि प्रार्थयसे वृथा श्रमः Ku.5.45.
5. (a) Exercise; अयोदण्डेन च श्रममकरोत् K.76. (b) Especially military exercise, drill.
6. Hard study.
7. Equivalent to आश्रम quod vide, which see; तदा स पर्याववृते श्रमाय Mb.3.114.5.
Derived forms and compounds
- -अम्बु Neuter, -जलम्, -सलिलम् perspiration, sweat; संपेदे श्रमसलिलोद्गमो विभूषाम् Ki.7.5.
- -आर्त Adjective oppressed by fatigue; Ms.8.67.
- -कर्षित Adjective worn out by fatigue.
- -घ्नी Cucurbita Lagenaria (Marâthî दुध्या भोपळा).
- -भञ्जनी the Nāgavela plant.
- -विनोदः the act of dispelling fatigue.
- -साध्य Adjective to be accomplished by dint of labour.
- -स्थानम् a drill-ground, gymnasium etc.
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