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V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. सरस्sarasn.A lake, pond, pool, a large sheet of water; सरसामस्मि सागरः Bg.1.24.

    [सृ-असुन्]

    1. A lake, pond, pool, a large sheet of water; सरसामस्मि सागरः Bg.1.24.
    2. Water.
    3. Speech; Compare सरस्-वती.

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -काकः (-की) A swan; Latin D. B.

    • -जम्, -जन्मन् Neuter, -रुहम् (सरोजम्, सरोजन्मन्, सरोरुहम्) also -सरसिजम्, सरसिरुहम् a lotus; सरसिजमनुविद्धं शैवलेनापि रम्यम् Ś.1.2; [Shri. Kṣītiśachandra Chatterji points out in Mañjūṣā (March, 1958) that the word सरसिजम् has been used in the sense of 'a lotus' probably for the first time by Kālidāsa. According to lexicographers the word सरसिज is met with first in the Suśruta Saṁhitā (1.46. 124) as an adjective qualifying मत्स्याः; Bhāravi uses the word in the sense of 'a land lotus in उत्फुल्लस्थल- नलिनीवनादमुष्मादुद्धूतः सरसिजसंभवः परागः. Three stages of being यौगिक, योगरूढ and रूढ are thus clearly seen in the history of the word.]; सरोरुहद्युतिमुषः पादांस्तवासेवितुम् Ratn. 1.3.

    • -जः

      1. (also -सरसिजः) Sārasa bird. (-सरोजिन् Masculine an epithet of Brahman). जिनी, रुहिणी a lotus plant; भ्रमर कथं वा सरोजिनीं त्यजसि Bv.1.1.
      2. a pond abounding in lotuses.
      3. a multitude of lotuses.
      4. a lotus.

    • -रक्षः (सरोरक्षः) the guardian of a pool.

    • -रुह् (सरोरुह्)Neuter a lotus.

    • -वरः (सरोवरः) a lake.

    In the Gita10·24

    सेनानीनामहं स्कन्दः सरसामस्मि सागरः ॥

    senānīnāmahaṁ skandaḥ sarasāmasmi sāgaraḥ. — And know Me, O Partha, of the high priests of the world the chief, Brihaspati; I am Skanda, the war-god, leader of the leaders of battle; among the… 10·24
    • सरसाम्sarasāmgenitive plural of the neuter noun saras (anything flowing or fluid, a lake, large expanse of water).
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  2. अनप्सरस्anapsarasरा [rā], रा f. Not an Apsaras, unworthy of a celestial nymph; अनप्सरेव प्रतिभासि V.2.

    रा rā, रा Feminine Not an Apsaras, unworthy of a celestial nymph; अनप्सरेव प्रतिभासि V.2.

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  3. अप्सरस्apsarasf.(-राः, रा). [अद्भ्यः सरन्ति उद्गच्छन्ति, सृ-असुन् Uṇ.4.236; cf. Rām. अप्सु निर्मथनादेव रसात्तस्माद्वर-…
    1. (-राः, रा). [अद्भ्यः सरन्ति उद्गच्छन्ति, सृ-असुन् Uṇ.4.236; Compare Rām. अप्सु निर्मथनादेव रसात्तस्माद्वर- स्त्रियः । उत्पेतुर्मनुजश्रेष्ठ तस्मादप्सरसोऽभवन् ॥ A class of female divinities or celestial damsels who reside in the sky and are regarded as the wives of the Gandharvas. They are very fond of bathing, can change their shapes, and are endowed with superhuman power (प्रभाव). They are called स्वर्वेश्याः and are usually described as the servants of Indra, who, when alarmed by the rigorous austerities of some mighty sage, sends down one of them to disturb his penance, and her mission is generally successful; मेनकाऽप्सरसां श्रेष्ठा महर्षिणां पिता च ते Mb.1.74.75. Compare या तपोविशेषपरिशङ्कितस्य सुकुमारं प्रहरणं महेन्द्रस्य V.
    2. They are also said to covet heroes who die gloriously on the battle-field; Compare परस्परेण क्षतयोः प्रहर्त्रोरुत्क्रान्तवाय्वोः समकालमेव । अमर्त्यभावेऽपि कयोश्चिदासीदेकाप्सरः प्रार्थितयोर्विवादः ॥ R.7.53. Bāṇa mentions 14 different families of these nymphs (see K.136) The word is usually said to be in Plural (स्त्रियां बहुष्वप्सरसः) but the singular, as also the form अप्सराः, sometimes occurs; नियमविघ्नकारिणी मेनका नाम अप्सराः प्रेषिता Ś.1; एकाप्सरः etc. R.7.53 and see Malli. thereon; अनप्सरेव प्रतिभासि V.1.
    3. Direction or the intermediate point of the compass (दिक् च उपदिक् च).

    Derived forms and compounds

    • -तीर्थम् Name of a sacred pool in which the Apsarasas bathe; probably it is the name of a place, see Ś.6.

    • -पतिः lord of the Apsarasas, epithet of Indra. Name of the Gandharva शिखण्डिन्; Av.4.37.7.

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Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary
  1. सरस्saras[sár-as] n. [flowing: √sri] trough, pail (RV.); pool, lake (V., C.).

    [sár-as] neuter [flowing: √sri] trough, pail (Rig-veda); pool, lake (Veda, Vedic, Classical (post-Vedic) Sanskrit).

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  2. अनप्सरस्anapsaras[an-apsaras] f. no Apsaras.

    [an-apsaras] feminine; also equal for no Apsaras.

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  3. अप्सरस्apsarasap-sarás, ˚रा [-rấ] f. celestial nymph.

    ap-sarás, ˚रा [-rấ] feminine; also equal for celestial nymph.

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Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. सरस्sarasn. "anything flowing or fluid", a lake, large sheet of water, pond, pool, tank RV. &c. &c. a trough, pail RV.
    1. neuter gender "anything flowing or fluid", a lake, large sheet of water, pond, pool, tank fg-veda etc. etc. a trough, pail fg-veda
    2. neuter gender water Naigh. i, 2
    3. neuter gender speech (a meaning given to account for सरस्-वती) ibidem i, 11.
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  2. अग्निसरस्agnisarasn. N. of a Ti1rtha तीर्थ Va1rP.

    neuter gender Name of a Ti1rtha तीर्थ Va1rP.

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  3. अतिसरस्वतीatisarasvatīf. a partic. personification, Ma1nGr2.

    feminine a particular personification, Ma1nGr2.

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  4. अनप्सरस्anapsarasf. unlike an Apsaras अप्सरस्, unworthy of an Apsaras अप्सरस् .

    feminine unlike an Apsaras अप्सरस्, unworthy of an Apsaras अप्सरस् .

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