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Every entry for a word in Apte, Monier-Williams, Macdonell and the Dhātupāṭha, with their abbreviations spelled out, and an analysis of its forms.

Results for शिफा

3 dictionaries · exact headword

Apte Dictionary

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

    Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary
  1. 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") .
    Source: Monier-Williams

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).

    Source: Macdonell

Analysis (Beta) · शिफा

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