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śūशूa weak form of √ śvi, q.v.
(ifc.) See surā-śū́.
(onomat.), in comp.
śūlशूल्(rather Nom. fr. next) cl. 1. P. śūlati, to hurt, cause pain ([Dhātup. xv, 19]), (only occurring in Ā. śūlate and cl. 4. P. Ā. śūlyati, °te, [Car.]; accord. to [Dhātup.] also saṃghoṣe, or saṃghāte, ‘to sound’ or ‘to collect’).
śūrशूर्(also written sūr) cl. 4. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxvi, 48]) śūryate, to hurt, injure, kill (only in pf. śuśūre, ‘he cut off [the head]’, [Śiś. xix, 108]); to be or make firm, [Dhātup.]; [ib.]; cl. 10. Ā. to be powerful or valiant (in this sense rather Nom. fr. next), [Dhātup. xxxv, 48.]
śūṣशूष्(also written sūṣ) cl. 1. P. śūṣati, to bring forth, procreate (prasave), [Dhātup. xvii, 28.]
śūthaशूथm. a place for sacrifice, [L.]
&c. See p. 1085, col. 1.
śūciशूचिw.r. for śuci (also and śūcī for sūcī).
śūkāशूका(ā), f. scruple, doubt, [L.]
Mucuna Pruritus, [L.]
the sting of an insect (cf. above), anything that stings or causes pain, [Suśr.]; [Car.]
a partic. insect (produced in water and applied externally as an aphrodisiac), [ib.]; [Bhpr.]
a kind of grass, [L.]
śūkaशूकm. n. (g. ardharcādi; derivation doubtful) the awn of grain, [R.]; [Sarvad.]; [KātyŚr.], Sch.
a bristle, spicule, spike (esp. the bristle or sharp hair of insects &c.), [W.]
the sheath or calyx of a bud, [L.]
pity, compassion (in niḥ-śūka), [L.]
m. a species of grain (cf. dīrgha-ś°), [Suśr.]; [Bhpr.]
sorrow, grief, [L.]
= abhi-ṣava, [L.]
śūlāशूलाśū́lā (ā), f. a stake (= śūla), [L.]
a harlot, prostitute, [Vās.]
[Kriṭṭanim.]
śūlīशूलीśū́lī (ī), f. a kind of grass, [L.]
See under śūla, p. 1086, col. 3.
śūlaशूलśū́la m. n. (ifc. f. A.) a sharp iron pin or stake, spike, spit (on which meat is roasted), [RV.] &c. &c.
any sharp instrument or pointed dart, lance, pike, spear (esp. the trident of Śiva), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
a stake for impaling criminals (śūlam ā-√ ruh, ‘to be fixed on a stake, suffer impalement’; with Caus. of ā-√ ruh, ‘to fix on a stake, have any one [acc.] impaled’, cf. śūlādhiropita &c.), [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
any sharp or acute pain (esp. that of colic or gout), [Kāv.]; [VarBṛS.]; [Suśr.]
pain, grief, sorrow, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]
death, [L.]
a flag, banner, [L.]
= -yoga (q.v.), [VarBṛS.]
śūliशूलिmfn. (mc.) = śūlin, armed with a spear, [MBh.]
śūnāशूनाSee sūnā.
śūnaशूनmfn. ([Pāṇ. vii, 2, 14]) swelled, swollen (esp. ‘morbidly’), increased, grown, [Suśr.]
m. N. of a man, [MBh.]
śū́na n. emptiness (orig. ‘swollen state’, ‘hollowness’, cf. śūnya below), lack, want, absence, [RV.]
m. a partic. incorrect pronunciation (esp. of vowels), [RPrāt.]
See p. 1085, col. 1.
&c. See p. 1085, col. 1.
śūraशूरśū́ra mfn. (prob. fr. √ 1. śū = śvi and connected with śavas, śuna, śūna) strong, powerful, valiant, heroic, brave (cf. -tama and -tara), [RV.]; [MBh.]
śū́ra m. a strong or mighty or valiant man, warrior, champion, hero, one who acts heroically towards any one (loc.) or with regard to anything (loc. instr., or comp.; ifc. f(A). ), [RV.] &c. &c.
śū́ra m. heroism (?, = or w.r. for śaurya), [Kāv.]
a lion, [L.]
a tiger or panther, [L.]
a boar, [L.]
a dog, [L.]
a cock, [L.]
white rice, [L.]
lentil, [L.]
Artocarpus Lacucha, [L.]
Vatica Robusta, [L.]
N. of a Yādava, the father of Vasu-deva and grandfather of Kṛṣṇa, [MBh.]
of a Sauvīraka, [ib.]
of a son of Īlina, [ib.]
of a son of Kārtavīrya, [Hariv.]; [Pur.]
of a son of Vidūratha, [ib.]
of a son of Deva-mīḍhuṣa, [ib.]
of a son of Bhajamāna, [Hariv.]
of a son of Vasu-deva, [BhP.]
of a son of Vatsa-prī, [MārkP.]
of a poet, [Cat.]
of various other men, [Buddh.]; [Rājat.]
w.r. for sūra, [L.]
(pl.) N. of a people, [MBh.]; [Hariv.] [cf. Gk. κῦρος in ἄ-κῡρος.]
śūrpशूर्प्(prob. Nom. fr. śūrpa below) cl. 10. P. śūrpayati, to measure, mete out, [Dhātup. xxxii, 71.]
śūṣaशूषśūṣá mfn. (prob. either fr. √ 1. śū = śvi, or fr. √ śuṣ = śvas) resounding, shrill, loud, hissing, [RV.]
high-spirited, courageous, bold, fierce, impetuous, [ib.]
śūṣá m. a loud or resounding note, song of praise or triumph, [ib.]; [VS.]; [Kāṭh.]
(also śū́ṣa) spirit, vital energy, strength, power, [RV.]; [VS.]; [TBr.]; [ŚBr.]
N. of a man, [TBr.]
śūṣá n. = bada, [Naigh. ii, 9]
= śukha, [ib.]
śūdrāशूद्राśūdrā́ f. a woman of the fourth class or caste, [AV.] &c. &c.
N. of a daughter of Raudrāśva, [Hariv.]
śūdrīशूद्रीf. a woman of the fourth caste, a Śūdra woman, [Yājñ.]; [KātyŚr.], Sch.
the wife of a Śūdra, [L.]
śūdraशूद्रśūdrá m. (of doubtful derivation) a Śūdra, a man of the fourth or lowest of the four original classes or castes (whose only business, accord. to [Mn. i, 91], was to serve the three higher classes; in [RV. ix, 20, 12], the Śūdra is said to have been born from the feet of Puruṣa, q.v.; in [Mn. i, 87] he is fabled to have sprung from the same part of the body of Brahmā, and he is regarded as of higher rank than the present low and mixed castes so numerous throughout India; kevala-ś°, a pure ڰ), [RV.] &c. &c. ([IW. 212] &c.)
a man of mixed origin, [L.]
N. of a Brāhman, [Buddh.]
pl. N. of a people, [MBh.]; [Pur.]
śūdrá (ā and ī), f., see below.
śūkinशूकिन्mfn. awned, bearded, [W.]
śūlinशूलिन्mfn. having a dart or pike, armed with a spear, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
one who suffers from sharp internal pain or from colic, [Kauś.]; [Vcar.]; [Hcat.]
m. a spearman, lancer, [L.]
N. of Rudra Śiva (as holding a trident), [MBh.]
a hare, [Bhpr.]
N. of a Muni, [Cat.]
śūlyaशूल्यmfn. belonging to a spit (for roasting), roasted on a spit &c., [KātyŚr.]; [Hariv.]; [Suśr.]
deserving impalement on a stake, [W.]
n. roasted meat, [ib.]
śūnyāशून्याśūnyā́ (ā), f. a hollow reed, [L.]
a barren woman, [L.]
Cactus Indicus = malī (for nalī?), [L.]
śūnyīशून्यीin comp. for śūnya.
śūnyaशून्यśūnyá mf(A)n. empty, void (with vājin = ‘a riderless horse’; with rājya = ‘a kingless kingdom’), hollow, barren, desolate, deserted, [Br.] &c. &c.
empty i.e. vacant (as a look or stare), absent, absentminded, having no certain object or aim, distracted, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
empty i.e. possessing nothing, wholly destitute, [MBh.]; [Kathās.]
wholly alone or solitary, having no friends or companions, [R.]; [BhP.]
void of, free from, destitute of (instr. or comp.), wanting, lacking, [Kāv.]; [Kathās.]; [Pur.]; [Sarvad.] non-existent, absent, missing, [Kāv.]; [Pañcat.]
vain, idle, unreal, nonsensical, [R.]; [Rājat.]; [Sarvad.]
void of results, ineffectual (a-śūnyaṃ-√ kṛ, ‘to effect’, ‘accomplish’), [Śak.]; [Ratnāv.]
free from sensitiveness or sensation (said of the skin), insensible, [Bhpr.]
bare, naked, [MW.]
guileless, innocent, [ib.]
indifferent, [ib.]
śūnyá n. a void, vacuum, empty or deserted place, desert (śūnye, in a lonely place), [MBh.]; [R.] &c.
(in phil.) vacuity, nonentity, absolute non-existence (esp. with Buddhists), [IW. 83 n. 3]; [105, n. 4]; [MWB. 7 n. 1]; [142]
N. of Brahma, [MW.]
(in arithm.) nought, a cypher, [VarBṛS.]; [Gaṇit.] (cf. [IW. 183])
space, heaven, atmosphere, [L.]
a partic. phenomenon in the sky, [L.]
an earring (see next). [cf. Gk. κενός, κενεός; Aeol. κέννος.]
&c. See p. 1085, col. 1.
śūrṇaशूर्णmfn. fixed, firm, [MW.]
śūrmaशूर्मm. an iron image, [W.]
an anvil, [ib.]
śūrmiशूर्मिm., śūrmikā or śūrmī f(ikA or I). id., [ib.] (cf. sūrmi, sūrmī, sūrmya).
śūrpīशूर्पीśū́rpī (ī), f. (g. gaurādi) a small winnowing basket or fan (used as a child's toy), [L.]
= śūrpīṇakhā (q.v.), [L.]
See col. 2 under śūrpa.
śūrpaशूर्पśū́rpa n. (and m. g. ardharcādi; also written sūrpa) a winnowing basket or fan (i.e. a kind of wicker receptacle which, when shaken about, serves as a fan for winnowing corn; also personified as a Gandharva), [VS.] &c. &c.
a measure of 2 Droṇas, [ŚārṅgS.]
śūrtaशूर्तśūrtá mfn. (√ śṝ) scattered, crushed, slain, [RV. i, 174, 6] (accord. to [Naigh. ii, 15] = kṣipra).
śūrtá See s.v.
śūṣyaशूष्यśūṣyà mfn. resounding, loud-sounding, hissing, [RV.]
śūghanaशूघनśūghaná mf(A/)n. going quickly, swift, fleet (= kṣipra), [RV. iv, 58, 7] (cf. [Naigh. ii, 15]).
śūkāraशूकारśū—kārá m. the act of startling with the sound śū, [VS.]
śūkakaशूकक(ifc.) = śūka, awn of grain (see dīrghaśūkaka)
barley or a bearded kind of wheat resembling barley, [L.]
the sentiment of compassion or tenderness, [L.]
śūkalaशूकलm. (perhaps connected with śū-kara above) a restive horse, [L.]
śūkaraशूकरśū—kara m. ‘making the sound śū’, a boar, hog (more correctly sū-kara, q.v.)
śū-kara See 3. śū, col. 2.
śūkṛtaशूकृतśū́—kṛta (śū́-), mfn. startled by the sound śū, [ib.]
urging, spurring (of a horse), [RV.]
śūkulaशूकुलm. a fish, [W.]
a partic. kind of fish, [ib.]
a fragrant grass (a kind of Cyperus), [ib.]
śūkṣmaशूक्ष्मincorrect for sūkṣma, q.v.
śūlākṛशूलाकृśūlā́-√ kṛ P. -karoti ([Pāṇ. v, 4, 65]), to roast on a spit, [ŚBr.]
śūlāriशूलारिm. Terminalia Catappa, [L.]
śūlīkaशूलीकm. pl. N. of a people (v.l. sūlīka), [Car.]
śūlakaशूलकm. (cf. śūkala) a restive horse, [L.]
śūlikāशूलिका(ā), f. a spit for roasting, [Suśr.]
a kind of factitious salt, [L.]
śūlikaशूलिकmfn. roasted on a spit, [L.]
having a spear or any sharp instrument, [MW.]
m. one who impales criminals, [L.]
a cock, [L.]
a hare, [L.]
the illegitimate son of a Brāhman and a Śūdra woman, [L.]
the son of a Kṣatriya and an unmarried Śūdra woman, [L.]
a strict guardian of the treasure and the harem, [L.]
(pl.) N. of a people (cf. śūlīka below), [VarBṛS.]; [MārkP.]
n. roast meat, [W.]
śūlinīशूलिनी(inī), f. See below.
f. N. of Durgā (see comp.)
śūlinaशूलिनm. the Indian fig-tree (= bhāṇḍīra), [L.]
śūrīkṛशूरीकृśūrī-√ kṛ P. -karoti, to turn into a hero, [Kathās.]
śūrabhūशूरभूśūra—bhū or śūra—bhūmi, f. N. of a daughter of Ugrasena, [BhP.]
śūraṇaशूरणśū́raṇa mfn. high-spirited, fiery (said of horses), [RV. i, 163, 10] (= vikrama-śīla, [Sāy.])
śū́raṇa m. (also written sūraṇa) Amorphophallus Campanulatus (the Telinga potato), [Hcar.]; [Suśr.]
Bignonia Indica, [L.]
śūrajaशूरजśūra—ja m. a son of Śūra, [Rājat.]
N. of a man, [ib.]
śūrakaशूरकv.l. for śūdraka, [VP.]
śūratāशूरताśūra—tā f.
śūṣaṇiशूषणिśūṣáṇi See √ śvi.
śūśuvasशूशुवस्śūśuvāna. See √ śvi.
śūdrāṇīशूद्राणीf. the wife of a Śūdra, [MW.]
śūdrībhūशूद्रीभूśūdrī-√ bhū P. -bhavati, to become a Śūdra, [Mn.]; [Kathās.]
śūdrakaशूद्रकm. N. of various kings (esp. of the author of the drama called Mṛcchakaṭikā), [Mṛcch.]; [Kathās.]; [Hit.] &c.
śūdratāशूद्रताśūdra—tā, f. or śūdra—tva, n. the state of a ڰ or servant, servile condition, servitude, [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Pur.]
śūdrikaशूद्रिकm. N. of a mythical person, [Vīrac.]
śūkāḍhyaशूकाढ्यn. ‘abounding with spikes’, a kind of grass (= śūka-tṛṇa), [L.]
śūkavatशूकवत्śūka—vat mfn. awned, bearded
śūlāṅkaशूलाङ्कmfn. marked with Śiva's spear, [MBh.]
śūlāgraशूलाग्रn. the point of a pike or stake, [MBh.]; [R.]
mfn. pointed like a pike, [VarBṛS.]
śūlabhṛtशूलभृत्śūla—bhṛt m. ‘spear-holder’, N. of Śiva, [MBh.]; [Kāv.]
śūladhṛkशूलधृक्śūla—dhṛk mfn. spear-holding (said of Śiva), [R.]
śūla—dhṛk f. N. of Durgā, [L.]
śūlaghnīशूलघ्नीśūla—ghnī (ī), f. a reed-like plant, sweet flag, [L.]
śūlaghnaशूलघ्नśūla—ghna mfn. removing sharp pain, anodyne, [Suśr.]
śūla—ghna m. a kind of plant (= tumburu), [L.]
śūlahṛtशूलहृत्śūla—hṛt mfn. removing sharp pain or colic, [Suśr.]
śūla—hṛt m. Asa Foetida, [L.]
śūlasthaशूलस्थśūla—stha mfn. fixed on a stake, impaled, [MBh.]
śūlavatशूलवत्śūla—vat mfn. having sharp pain, [Suśr.]
śūlotkhāशूलोत्खा([W.]) or śūlotthā ([L.]), f. Serratula Anthelminthica.
śūlotthāशूलोत्थाśūlotkhā ([W.]) or ([L.]), f. Serratula Anthelminthica.
śūlvāṇaशूल्वाणm. N. of a demon, [Kauś.]
śūnākṣaशूनाक्षmfn. having swollen eyes, [Suśr.]
śūnatvaशूनत्वśūna—tva n. the state of being swollen, [Suśr.]
śūnavatशूनवत्śūna—vat mfn. one who has increased, [Pāṇ. vii, 2, 14.]
śūnyaiṣaशून्यैषmf(I)n. desiring a desert or solitude, [AV.]
śūnyībhūशून्यीभूśūnyī—√ bhū P. -bhavati, to become deserted or desolate, [Kād.]
śūnyīkṛशून्यीकृśūnyī—√ kṛ Ā. -kurute, to turn into a desert, lay waste, [VarBṛS.]; to leave empty, quit, abandon, [Pañcat.]
śūnyakaशून्यकmfn. (= śūnya) empty, void g. yāvādi
n. absence, lack of (gen.), [MBh.]
śūnyatāशून्यताśūnya—tā f. emptiness, loneliness, desolateness, [R.]; [VarBṛ.] &c. (cf. a-śūnyatā)
absence of mind, distraction, [Suśr.]; [Sarvad.]
vacancy (of gaze), [Dhūrtas.]
(ifc.) absence or want of [Cāṇ.]; [Kum.]
nothingness, non-existence, non-reality, illusory nature (of all worldly phenomena), [Śiś.]; [Sarvad.]
śūratvaशूरत्वśūra—tva n. state or condition of a hero, heroism, valour, bravery, [Kāv.]; [Sāh.]
śūrpakaशूर्पकm. N. of a demon (an enemy of Kāmadeva), [L.]
śūtkāraशूत्कारśūt-kāra m. ‘the sound śūt’, hissing, whistling, whizzing &c.
śūśujānaशूशुजानSee √ śuj, p. 1081, col. 3.
śūdrānnaशूद्रान्नn. food belonging to or received from a ڰ, [Āp.]; [Mn.]
śūdrārtāशूद्रार्ताf. Panicum Italicum, [L.]
śūdrāryaशूद्रार्यśūdrāryá m. du. (n. sg. g. rāja-dantādi) a ڰ and a Vaiśya, [VS.]
śūdraghnaशूद्रघ्नśūdra—ghna mfn. killing a ڰ, the slayer of a ڰ, [Pañcar.]
śūdrahanशूद्रहन्śūdra—han mfn. = -ghna, [ib.] [xi, 130.]
śūdratvaशूद्रत्वśūdra—tā, f. or śūdra—tva, n. the state of a ڰ or servant, servile condition, servitude, [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [Pur.]
śūkāmayaशूकामयm. = śūka-doṣa, [L.]
śūkadoṣaशूकदोषśūka—doṣa m. the injurious effect of the above Śūka insect, [Suśr.]; [Bhpr.]
śūkakīṭaशूककीटśūka—kīṭa or śūka—kīṭaka, m. a kind of caterpillar covered with bristles or hairs (accord. to some ‘a scorpion’), [L.]
śūkarogaशूकरोगśūka—roga m. = -doṣa, [Śuśr.]
śūkataruशूकतरुśūka—taru w.r. for śuka-taru,
śūkatṛṇaशूकतृणśūka—tṛṇa n. a kind of spiky grass, [L.]