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Results for शीर्षण्य

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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary

शीर्षण्यśīrṣaṇyaClean or unentangled hair.
[शीर्षन्-यत्] Adjective
1. Clean or unentangled hair.
2. White.
3. Produced in the head.
4. Beneficial to the head.
5. Chief; यद्यच्छीर्षण्याचरितं तत्तदनुवर्तते लोकः Bhāg.5.4.15.
Derived forms and compounds
- -ण्यम्
  
  A helmet; वरशीर्षण्यशीर्षाणः Śiva B.14.49.
  
  A head-dress (hat, cap etc.).
  
  Vedic A head-rope.
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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

शीर्षण्यśīrṣaṇya[sîrshan-yã] a. being on the head (V., C.); chief (C., rare); n. head of a couch.

[sîrshan-yã] adjective being on the head (Veda, Vedic, Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit); chief (Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit, rare); neuter head of a couch.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

शीर्षण्यśīrṣaṇyamf(/आ)n. being in or on the head RV. &c.
1. mf(/आ)neuter gender being in or on the head fg-veda etc.
2. mf(/आ)neuter gender being at the head (figuratively), first Ka1t2h. BhP.
3. masculine gender clean and, unentangled hair Lexicographers
4. neuter gender the head of a couch A1pS3r.
5. neuter gender a helmet Lexicographers
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