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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शशśaśa1 A hare, rabbit; Ms.3.27;5.18.
    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.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -लेखा the digit of the moon, lunar crescent.

    • -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.

    • -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.

    • -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.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. शशśaśa[sasá] m. [for original sasa] hare, rab- bit (which, as well as the antelope, the marks in the moon are…

    [sasá] masculine [for original sasa] hare, rab- bit (which, as well as the antelope, the marks in the moon are supposed to resemble): -ka, masculine (little) hare (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit): -vishâna, neuter horn of a hare=an impossibility; -sisu, masculine young of a hare.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शशśaśam. a hare, rabbit, or antelope (the markings on the moon are supposed to resemble a hare or rabbit) RV. &c.…
    1. masculine gender a hare, rabbit, or antelope (the markings on the moon are supposed to resemble a hare or rabbit) fg-veda etc. etc. (for शशस्य व्रत see under कर्षू, page and participle260)
    2. masculine gender a kind of meteor AV. v, 17, 4
    3. masculine gender Name of a man born under a particular constellation VarBr2S.
    4. masculine gender a man of mild character and easily led (one of the four classes into which men are divided by erotic writers, the other three being अश्व, मृग and वृषन्) Lexicographers
    5. masculine gender the Lodhra लोध्र tree, Symplocos Racemosa Ka1d.
    6. masculine gender gum-myrrh Lexicographers
    7. masculine gender Name of a part of Jambu-dvi1pa जम्बु-द्वीप MW.
    8. (in compound)
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  2. अनुवंशश्लोकanuvaṃśaślokam. pl. S3lokas श्लोक s containing genealogies (e.g. MBh. i, 3759 &c.), IW. 511, n. 1.

    masculine gender plural S3lokas श्लोक s containing genealogies (exempli gratia, 'for example' MBh. i, 3759 etc.), IW. 511, neuter gender 1.

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  3. अर्कशशिशत्रुarkaśaśiśatrum. "enemy of sun and moon", Ra1hu राहु VarBr2S. (cf. -रिपु above) .

    masculine gender "enemy of sun and moon", Ra1hu राहु VarBr2S. (confer, compare -रिपु a reference to some preceeding word (not necessarily in the same page)) .

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  4. आकाशशयनākāśaśayanan. (ifc. f(आ).) sleeping in open air R. iii, 16, 12.

    neuter gender (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' f(आ).) sleeping in open air R. iii, 16, 12.

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  5. ईशशक्तिīśaśaktif. the personified female energy of S3iva शिव, L. (cf. RTL. 187)

    feminine the personified female energy of S3iva शिव, Lexicographers (confer, compare RTL. 187)

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  6. उप्तकेशश्मश्रुuptakeśaśmaśrumfn. one who has his hair and beard shorn Kaus3.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective one who has his hair and beard shorn Kaus3.

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  7. उष्ट्रशशuṣṭraśaśan. camel and hare Pa1n2. 2-4, 11.

    neuter gender camel and hare Pa1n2. 2-4, 11.

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  8. कृशशाखkṛśaśākham. "small-twigged", Hedyotis Burmanniana L.

    masculine gender "small-twigged", Hedyotis Burmanniana Lexicographers

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