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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 शेष

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Apte Dictionary

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

शेषśeṣaa.Remaining, rest, all the other; न्यषेधि शेषोऽप्यनुयायिवर्गः R.2.4;4.64;1.29; Me.3,89; रम्भे निर्वर्त्यतां शेषो…
[शिष्-अच्]
1. Remaining, rest, all the other; न्यषेधि शेषोऽप्यनुयायिवर्गः R.2.4;4.64;1.29; Me.3,89; रम्भे निर्वर्त्यतां शेषो विधिः V.5; शेषान् मासान् गमय चतुरो लोचने मीलयित्वा Me.11 (Vartious reading); Ms.3.47; Ku.2.44; Often times at the end of comp. in this sense; भक्षितशेष, आलेख्यशेष etc. षः, षम् (a) Remainder, rest, residue; ऋणशेषोऽग्निशेषश्च व्याधिशेषस्तथैव च । पुनश्च वर्धते यस्मात्तस्माच्छेषं न कारयेत् ॥ Chāṇ 4; अध्वशेष Me.4; प्रतिकारविधानमायुषः सति शेषे हि फलाय कल्पते R.8.4; so शेषे वयसः समागतो मृत्युः Bv.4.3; त्रिभागशेष Ku.5.57; वाक्यशेषः V.3. etc. (b)
2. Surplus, balance.
3. Anything left out or omitted to be said; (इति शेषः is often used by commentators in supplying an ellipsis or words necessary to complete the construction).
4. Escape, salvation, respite.
Derived forms and compounds
- -षः
  
  Result, effect.
  
  End, termination, conclusion.
  
  Death, destruction.
  
  Name of a celebrated serpent, said to have one thousand heads, and represented as forming the couch of Viṣṇu or as supporting the entire world on his head; किं शेषस्य भरव्यथा न वपुषि क्ष्मां न क्षिपत्येष यत् Mu.2.18; Ku.3.13; R.1.13.
  
  Name of Balarāma (supposed to be an incarnation of Śeṣa).
  
  An elephant.
  
  Subsidiary अङ्ग; something which is declared as being subservient to something else; शेषः परार्थत्वात् MS.3.1.2 (यस्तु अत्यन्तं परार्थस्तं वयं शेष इति ब्रूमः ŚB.); शेषो हि सादनम् ŚB. on MS.1.5.76.
  
  Favour (प्रसाद); 'शेषः संकर्षणे वधे अनन्ते ना प्रसादे च' इति मेदिनी नैवंशीलाः शेषमिहाप्नुवन्ति Mb.1.197.24.
- -षा The remains of flowers or other offerings made to an idol and distributed among the worshippers as a holy relique; तस्यै स्त्रियस्ताः प्रददुः शेषां युयुजुराशिषः Bhāg.1.53.5; तथेति शेषामिव भर्तुराज्ञामादाय मूर्ध्ना मदनः प्रतस्थे Ku.3.22; Ś.3.
- -षम्
  
  The remnants of food, remains of an offering. (शेषे is used adverbially in the sense of
  
  at last, finally.
  
  in other cases; as in शेषे षष्ठी).
- -अन्नम् leavings of food.
- -अवस्था old age.
- -कालः the time of death.
- -जातिः Feminine assimilation of residues; (in Algebra) reduction of fractions of residues.
- -पतिः a manager.
- -भागः the remainder.
- -भोजनम् the eating of leavings; गृहस्थस्य......त्यागः शेषभोजनम् Kau. Atmanepada 1.3.
- -रात्रिः the last watch of the night.
- -रूपिन् Adjective appearing to be secondary.
- -शयनः, -शायिन् Masculine epithets of Viṣṇu.
Source: Apte

Monier-Williams

Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit–English Dictionary

शेषśeṣa&c. see p. 1088, col. 3 .
1. etc. see page and participle 1088, column 3 .
2. mn. (from √2. शिष्) remainder, that which remains or is left, leavings, residue (plural "all the according to others"), surplus, balance, the rest (शेषे locative case "for the rest", "in all other cases"; शेषे रात्रौ, "during the rest of the night"; मम शेषम् अस्ति, "there remains something to happen to me")
3. masculine gender that which has to be supplied (exempli gratia, 'for example' any word or words which have been omitted in a sentence; इति शेषः, "so it was left to be supplied", a phrase commonly used by commentator or commentary in supplying any words necessary to elucidate the text)
4. mn. that which is saved or spared or allowed to escape (nominative case with √अस्, or √भू, "to be spared"; शेषं-√कृ, "to spare ", "allow to escape"; शेषम् अवा*प् "to escape") Mn. MBh. R. etc.
5. mn. remaining (used as an adjective at the end of adjective compound [f(आ).], confer, compare कथा-श्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, कृत्य-श्that the rest of a word is to be supplied) AitBr. etc.
6. mn. remaining out of or from, left from (with ablative or locative case exempli gratia, 'for example' प्रयातेभ्यो ये शेषाः, "the persons left out of those who had departed"; but mostly in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' after a pp. in compound exempli gratia, 'for example' भुक्त-शेष, "remaining from a meal", "remnant of food"; हत-शेषाः, "those left out of the slain", "the survivors" etc.) Mn. MBh. etc.
7. mn. end, issue, conclusion, finish, result fg-veda 77, 15
8. mn. last, last-mentioned Ra1jat.
9. mn. a supplement, appendix Nir. iii, 13
10. mn. a keepsake, token of remembrance Das3.
11. mn. secondary matter, accident Ka1tyS3r. Scholiast or Commentator
12. mn. death, destruction W.
13. masculine gender Name of a celebrated mythological thousand-headed serpent regarded as the emblem of eternity (whence he is also called An-anta अन्-अन्त, "the infinite"; in the Vishn2u-Pura1n2a विष्णु-पुराण he and the serpents Va1suki वासुकि and Takshaka तक्षक are described as sons of Kadru कद्रु, but in one place S3esha शेष alone is called king of the Na1gas नाग s or snakes inhabiting Pa1ta1la पाताल, while elsewhere Va1suki वासुकि also is described as king of the Nagas नग s and Takshaka तक्षक of the serpents; the thousand headed S3esha शेष is sometimes represented as forming the couch and canopy of Vishn2u विष्णु whilst sleeping during the intervals of creation, sometimes as supporting the seven Pa1ta1las पाताल s with the seven regions a reference to some preceeding word (not necessarily in the same page) them and therefore the entire world Page1089,1; he is said to have taught astronomy to Garga गर्ग; according to some legends he became incarnate in Bala-ra1ma बल-राम quod vide) MBh. Hariv. Pur. etc. (RTL. 105; 112; 232 neuter gender 1)
14. masculine gender Name of one of the Praja1-patis प्रजा-पति s R. VP.
15. masculine gender of a Muni मुनि MW.
16. masculine gender (also with आचार्य, दीक्षित, शास्त्रिन् etc.) of various authors (confer, compare below)
17. masculine gender of one of the mythical elephants that support the earth Lexicographers
18. masculine gender a kind of metre Lexicographers
19. neuter gender see a reference to some preceeding word (not necessarily in the same page).
20. add "effect"
Source: Monier-Williams

Macdonell

A. A. Macdonell, A Practical Sanskrit Dictionary

शेषśeṣa[sesh-a] m. n. [√sish] remainder, resi- due, rest of (g., lc., --˚); issue, result (rare); token of…

[sesh-a] masculine neuter [√sish] remainder, resi- due, rest of (genitive, locative, --˚); issue, result (rare); token of recognition (rare); secondary matter, accident; supplement; --˚ adjective of whom or which -only (-mâtra being sts. added) is left: locative seshe, for the rest; in every other case; se she râtrau, during the remainder of the night; iti seshah (very common in commen tators), the words -must be supplied to com plete the sense; adjective remaining (plural the rest); with a perfect passive participle in ablative, but generally ˚--, e. genitive desântaram prâyâtebhyo ye seshâs te, the few (remain ing over from those who had gone Equivalent to) who had not gone to another country, hata-seshâh, the few who had not been slain; last, last mentioned; masculine noun of a serpent supporting the earth and forming the couch of Vishnu during his sleep.

Source: Macdonell

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