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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शिफाśiphā1 A fibrous root; नीरन्ध्रपल्लवशिफानिभृतप्रकाण्डं सायं- तना भ्रसमशोभमशोकसालम् Rām. ch.5.22; Ms.9.23.
    1. 1 A fibrous root; नीरन्ध्रपल्लवशिफानिभृतप्रकाण्डं सायं- तना भ्रसमशोभमशोकसालम् Rām. ch.5.22; Ms.9.23.
    2. The root of a water-lily.
    3. A root in general.
    4. A stroke with a whip; शिफाश्चैवाप्नुयाद्दश Ms.8.369.
    5. A mother.
    6. A river.
    7. Turmeric.
    8. Spikenard.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -कन्दः, -न्दम् the root of a water-lily.

    • -धरः a branch.

    • -रुहः the (Indian) fig-tree.

  2. शिफाकśiphākaThe root of a water-lily. शिबिः(विः) A beast of prey.
    1. The root of a water-lily. शिबिः(विः) A beast of prey.
    2. The birch tree.
    3. Name of a country (Plural); Mb.5.195.7.
    4. Name of a king (who is said to have saved Agni in the form of a dove from Indra in the form of a hawk by offering an equal quantity of his own flesh weighed in a balance); शिबेरिव समुद्भूतं शरणागतरक्षया Mu.6.18.

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. शिफाśiphā[síphâ] f. fibrous root (C.); stroke with a rod (C.); N. of a river (RV.1).

    [síphâ] feminine; also equal for fibrous root (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit); stroke with a rod (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit); noun of a river (Rig-veda1).

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शिफाśiphāf. a fibrous or flexible root (used for making whips &c.) Mn. ix, 230
    1. feminine a fibrous or flexible root (used for making whips etc.) Mn. ix, 230
    2. feminine a lash or stroke with a whip or rod ibidem viii, 369
    3. feminine Name of a river fg-veda (Lexicographers also "a branch; a river; a mother; a tuft of hair on the crown of the head; the root of a water-lily; spikenard; turmeric; a sort of dill or fennel") .
  2. पुष्करशिफाpuṣkaraśiphāf. Costus Speciosus or Arabicus L.

    feminine Costus Speciosus or Arabicus Lexicographers

  3. प्रतिपर्णशिफाpratiparṇaśiphāf. Anthericum Tuberosum L.

    feminine Anthericum Tuberosum Lexicographers

  4. शाखाशिफाśākhāśiphāf. "br branches-root", a root growing from a br branches (as in the Indian Banyan tree = अवरोह) L.
    1. feminine "br branches-root", a root growing from a br branches (as in the Indian Banyan tree Equivalent to अवरोह) Lexicographers
    2. feminine a creeper growing upwards from the root of a tree (according to to some) MW.
  5. शिफाकśiphākam. the root of a water-lily L.

    masculine gender the root of a water-lily Lexicographers

  6. शिफाकन्दśiphākandam. n. the root of a water-lily L.

    masculine gender neuter gender the root of a water-lily Lexicographers

  7. शिफाधरśiphādharam. "possessing fibres", a branch L.

    masculine gender "possessing fibres", a branch Lexicographers