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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शिफśiphaSee शिफा.

    See शिफा.

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  2. 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.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शिफśipham. (derivation unknown) = शिफा (which is the more usual form; see below) L.

    masculine gender (derivation unknown) Equivalent to शिफा (which is the more usual form; see below) Lexicographers

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  2. क्षमाशिफkṣamāśiphamfn. having patience as fibres (said of the tree of knowledge), Bcar. xiii, 65 . 1.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective having patience as fibres (said of the tree of knowledge), Bcar. xiii, 65 . 1.

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  3. द्वादशराशिफलdvādaśarāśiphalan. N. of wk.

    neuter gender Name of work

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  4. पुष्करशिफाpuṣkaraśiphāf. Costus Speciosus or Arabicus L.

    feminine Costus Speciosus or Arabicus Lexicographers

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  5. प्रतिपर्णशिफाpratiparṇaśiphāf. Anthericum Tuberosum L.

    feminine Anthericum Tuberosum Lexicographers

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  6. 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.
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  7. 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") .
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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).

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