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Apte Dictionary

V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. श्लेषśleṣaAn embrace.

    [श्लिष्-घञ्]

    1. An embrace.
    2. Clinging or adhering to.
    3. Union, junction, contact; निरन्तरश्लेषघनाः K. (where it has the next sense also).
    4. Pun, paronomasia, double entendre, susceptibility of a word or sentence to yield two or more interpretations (regarded as a figure of speech and very commonly used by poets; for def. see K. Parasmaipada Kārikas 84 and 96); आश्लेषि न श्लेषकवेर्भवत्याः श्लोकद्वयार्थः सुधिया मया किम् Name3. 69); see शब्दश्लेष also.
    5. Burning.
    6. Sexual union; ततो गर्भः संभवति श्लेषात् स्त्रीपुंसयोर्नृप Mb.13.111.3.
    7. A grammatical augment.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -अर्थः a pun, double entendre.

    • -उपमा a comparison containing double meanings; शिशिरांशुप्रतिद्वन्द्वि श्रीम् सुरभिगन्धि च । अम्भोजमिव ते वक्त्रमिति श्लेषोपमा स्मृता ॥ Kāv.2.28.

    • -भित्तिक Adjective trusting on (Literal having for its basis) a Śleṣa.

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  2. अभिश्लेषणम्abhiśleṣaṇamA bandage.

    A bandage.

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  3. अश्लेषाaśleṣāThe 9th Nakṣatra of lunar mansion containing five stars.

    [न श्लिष्यति यत्रोत्पन्नेन शिशुना, श्लिष्-घञ् Tv.]

    1. The 9th Nakṣatra of lunar mansion containing five stars.
    2. Disunion, disjunction.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -जः, -भवः, -भूः Name of Ketu, id est, that is the descending node.

    • -शान्तिः Feminine an expiatory ceremony performed on account of the birth of a child under the Aśleṣā.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. श्लेषśleṣa[slesh-a] m. adherence to (lc.); union, connexion; embrace; euphonious combina tion of words (as a rhet.…

    [slesh-a] masculine adherence to (locative); union, connexion; embrace; euphonious combina tion of words (as a rhet. figure); combination of contrasts (as a rhet. figure); ambiguity, equivocation; augment (grammatical term): -kavi, masculine poet skilled in equivocation; - ͜ upamâ, feminine; also equal for simile containing ambiguities.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. श्लेषśleṣam. burning MW.
    1. masculine gender burning MW.
    2. masculine gender adhering or clinging to (locative case) R.
    3. masculine gender connection, junction, union (also applied to sexual union) MBh.
    4. masculine gender embracing, an embrace Ka1v. Sa1h.
    5. masculine gender (in rhetoric) "connection", "combination" (one of the ten Gun2as गुण s or merits of composition, consisting either in a pleasing combination of words or of contrasted ideas, or of words having a double meaning) double meaning, equivoque, ambiguity, paranomasia, pun, hidden meaning Va1m. Ka1vya7d. Sa1h. etc.
    6. masculine gender a grammatical augment Nya1yas.
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  2. अन्तःश्लेषantaḥśleṣa([MaitrS. VS.]) m. internal support.

    ([MaitrS. VS.]) masculine gender internal support.

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  3. अन्तःश्लेषणantaḥśleṣaṇa([S3Br. AitBr.]) n. internal support.

    ([S3Br. AitBr.]) neuter gender internal support.

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  4. अभङ्गश्लेषabhaṅgaśleṣam. an ambiguity without any different analysis of the words, Kpr.

    masculine gender an ambiguity without any different analysis of the words, Kpr.

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  5. अर्थश्लेषarthaśleṣam. a pun or quibble based upon the sense (not upon the form of words, as opp. to शब्द - श्ल् ˚), S3is3. ix…

    masculine gender a pun or quibble based upon the sense (not upon the form of words, as opp. to शब्द - श्ल् that the rest of a word is to be supplied), S3is3. ix, 31, Scholiast or Commentator

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  6. अश्लेषाaśleṣāf. sg. pl. (= अश्लेष्/आ q.v.) N. of the seventh (in later times the ninth) lunar mansion (containing five…

    feminine sg. plural (Equivalent to अश्लेष्/आ quod vide) Name of the seventh (in later times the ninth) lunar mansion (containing five stars) MBh. xiii, 3262 Jyot. VarBr2S.

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