śūla शूल śū́la 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.] śūlaka शूलक m. (cf. śūkala) a restive horse, [L.] śūlabhṛt शूलभृत् śūla—bhṛt m. ‘spear-holder’, N. of Śiva, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] śūladhṛk शूलधृक् śūla—dhṛk mfn. spear-holding (said of Śiva), [R.] śūla—dhṛk f. N. of Durgā, [L.] śūlaghnī शूलघ्नी śūla—ghnī (ī), f. a reed-like plant, sweet flag, [L.] śūlaghna शूलघ्न śūla—ghna mfn. removing sharp pain, anodyne, [Suśr.] śūla—ghna m. a kind of plant (= tumburu), [L.] śūlahṛt शूलहृत् śūla—hṛt mfn. removing sharp pain or colic, [Suśr.] śūla—hṛt m. Asa Foetida, [L.] śūlastha शूलस्थ śūla—stha mfn. fixed on a stake, impaled, [MBh.] śūlavat शूलवत् śūla—vat mfn. having sharp pain, [Suśr.] śūlabheda शूलभेद śūla—bheda m. N. of a place, [Cat.] śūladharā शूलधरा śūla—dharā (ā), f. N. of Durgā, [L.] śūladhara शूलधर śūla—dhara mfn. bearing a spear (applied to Rudra-Śiva), [R.]; [Śivag.] śūladviṣ शूलद्विष् śūla—dviṣ m. ‘hostile to colic’, Asa Foetida, [L.] śūlagava शूलगव śūla—gava m. an ox fit for a spit (presented as an offering to Rudra), [GṛŚrS.] śūlakāra शूलकार śūla—kāra m. pl. N. of a people, [MārkP.] śūlapāṇi शूलपाणि śūla—pāṇi mfn. having a spear in hand, [BhP.] śūla—pāṇi m. N. of Rudra Śiva, [ṢaḍvBr.]; [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c. of various scholars and of a poet, [Sadukt.]; [Cat.] &c. śūlapāla शूलपाल śūla—pāla m. (more correct form śālā-p°) the keeper of a brothel, or frequenter of brothels (see śūlā), [Vās.] śūlapadī शूलपदी śūla—padī f. having spear-like feet g. kumbhapady-ādi. śūlavara शूलवर śūla—vara n. a partic. mythical weapon, [R.] śūlavata शूलवत n. (cf. śūla-vat and -vara) N. of a partic. mythical weapon, [R.] śūlayoga शूलयोग śūla—yoga m. a partic. grouping of stars in which all the planets are in three houses or asterisms, [VarBṛS.] śūladhārin शूलधारिन् śūla—dhārin mfn. spear-holding śūlaśatru शूलशत्रु śūla—śatru m. ‘hostile to colic’, Ricinus Communis, [L.] śūlagraha शूलग्रह śūla—graha ([Sāṃkhyak.], Sch.) or śūla—grāhin ([Śivag.]), m. ‘spear-bearer’, N. of Śiva. śūlahasta शूलहस्त śūla—hasta mfn. = -pāṇi, [MBh.] śūla—hasta m. a man armed with a lance, lancer, [W.] N. of Śiva, [Pañcar.] śūlapāṇin शूलपाणिन् śūla—pāṇin mfn. = prec. śūla—pāṇin m. N. of Śiva, [Cat.] śūlaparṇī शूलपर्णी śūla—parṇī f. a kind of plant, [L.] śūlaprota शूलप्रोत śūla—prota mfn. fixed on a stake, impaled śūla—prota m. N. of a hell, [BhP.] śūladhāriṇī शूलधारिणी śūla—dhāriṇī (iṇī), f. N. of Durgā, [Tantras.] śūladhanvan शूलधन्वन् śūla—dhanvan m. ‘having a trident for a bow’, N. of Śiva, [L.] śūlaghātana शूलघातन śūla—ghātana n. ‘pain-destroying’, iron rust, [L.] śūlagrāhin शूलग्राहिन् śūla—graha ([Sāṃkhyak.], Sch.) or śūla—grāhin ([Śivag.]), m. ‘spear-bearer’, N. of Śiva. śūlagranthi शूलग्रन्थि śūla—granthi m. or f. a kind of Dūrvā grass (w.r. for mūla-g°), [L.] śūlahantrī शूलहन्त्री śūla—hantrī f. ‘colic-removing’, Ptychotis Ajowan, [L.] śūlanāśaka शूलनाशक śūla—nāśaka or śūla—nāśana, n. ‘removing pain in the stomach’, sochal salt, [L.] śūlanāśana शूलनाशन śūla—nāśaka or śūla—nāśana, n. ‘removing pain in the stomach’, sochal salt, [L.] śūlanāśinī शूलनाशिनी śūla—nāśinī f. ‘id.’, Asa Foetida, [L.] śūlapattrī शूलपत्त्री śūla—pattrī f. a kind of grass, [L.] śūlavedanā शूलवेदना śūla—vedanā f. sharp pain, [MW.] śūladoṣaharī शूलदोषहरी śūla—doṣa-harī f. a kind of plant, [L.] śūlagavaprayoga शूलगवप्रयोग śūla—gava—prayoga m. N. of wk. śūlamudgarahasta शूलमुद्गरहस्त śūla—mudgara-hasta mf(A)n. having a lance and mace in hand, [MBh.]