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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. शेरुśeruDozing, sleeping.

    [शी-उर Uṇ.4.112]

    Dozing, sleeping.

  2. कशेरुकkaśerukaकसेरुक [kasēruka] काः [kāḥ], कसेरुक काः A sort of grass.

    कसेरुक kasēruka काः kāḥ, कसेरुक काः A sort of grass.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -का The backbone.

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. कशेरुkaśerun. m. (fr. क, water or wind, + √शॄ Un2. i, 90; also written कसेरु) the back-bone L.
    1. neuter gender masculine gender (from क, water or wind, plus √शॄ Un2. i, 90; also written कसेरु) the back-bone Lexicographers
    2. f(ऊस्)neuter gender (Un2. i, 90) the root of Scirpus Kysoor (a kind of grass with a bulbous root) Sus3r.
    3. masculine gender one of the nine divisions of Bha1ratavarsha भारतवर्ष Hariv. 6793 VP. Ra1jat.
    4. feminine Name of the daughter of Tvasht2r2i त्वष्टृ Hariv. 6793 (varia lectio)
  2. कशेरुकkaśerukafn. (Un2. i, 90) = कशेरु, the back-bone L.
    1. fn. (Un2. i, 90) Equivalent to कशेरु, the back-bone Lexicographers
    2. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective the root of Scirpus Kysoor Sus3r.
    3. masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective (sometimes spelt कसेरुक .)
  3. कशेरुमत्kaśerumatm. N. of a Yavana यवन king MBh. iii, 491 Hariv.

    masculine gender Name of a Yavana यवन king MBh. iii, 491 Hariv.

  4. कशेरुयज्ञkaśeruyajñam. a kind of oblation Pat. (cf. काशेरुयज्ञिक .)

    masculine gender a kind of oblation Pat. (confer, compare काशेरुयज्ञिक .)

  5. कशेरुस्kaśerusn. = कशेरु above L.

    neuter gender Equivalent to कशेरु a reference to some preceeding word (not necessarily in the same page) Lexicographers

  6. काशेरुयज्ञिकkāśeruyajñikamfn. fr. कशेरुयज्ञ Pat.

    masculine, feminine and neuter; or adjective from कशेरुयज्ञ Pat.

  7. सुशेरुsuśerum. a kind of sand or gravel TBr. (Sch.)

    masculine gender a kind of sand or gravel TBr. (Scholiast or Commentator)