śaśa शश śaśá m. a hare, rabbit, or antelope (the markings on the moon are supposed to resemble a hare or rabbit), [RV.] &c. &c. (for śaśasya vrata See under karṣū, p. 260) a kind of meteor, [AV. v, 17, 4] N. of a man born under a partic. constellation, [VarBṛS.] a man of mild character and easily led (one of the four classes into which men are divided by erotic writers, the other three being aśva, mṛga and vṛṣan), [L.] the Lodhra tree, Symplocos Racemosa, [Kād.] gum-myrrh, [L.] N. of a part of Jambu-dvīpa, [MW.] [cf. accord. to some, Gk. κεκήν; accord. to others, is for śasa and is connected with Germ. haso, Hase; Eng. hare.] śaśat शशत् mfn. leaping, jumping, [Kir.] śaśaka शशक m. a (little) hare, [AdbhBr.]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c. a man of a partic. character (= śaśa, q.v.), [A.] pl. N. of a people, [MBh.] śaśaya शशय śaśayá mf(A/)n. (either fr. √ 1. śī, or connected with śaśīyas, śaśvat) ever-flowing, unfailing, abundant, [RV.] śaśayu शशयु śaśayú mfn. pursuing hares, [AV.] śaśabhṛt शशभृत् śaśa—bhṛt m. ‘hare-bearer’, the moon, [VarBṛ.]; [Sāh.]; [Śatr.] &c. śaśaghnī शशघ्नी śaśa—ghnī f. See -han. śaśa—ghnī f. a hawk, [Car.] (w.r. śama-ghnī). śaśaghna शशघ्न śaśa—ghna m. id., [VarBṛS.] śaśahan शशहन् śaśa—han mf(GnI)n. killing hares, [Pāṇ. iii, 2, 53], Sch. śaśadhara शशधर śaśa—dhara m. ‘bearer of hare-marks’, the moon, [Kāv.] camphor, [MW.] N. of various authors, [Cat.] śaśa—dhara m. (with vāra) Monday, [Inscr.] śaśaketu शशकेतु śaśa—ketu w.r. for śaśi-k°, [Lalit.] śaśamāna शशमान śaśamāná mfn. (fr. √ 1. śam) exerting one's self, zealous, toiling, working, active (esp. in worship), [RV.]; [VS.]; [AV.] śaśapada शशपद śaśa—pada n. a hare's track (easily got over), [Hcar.] śaśayāna शशयान śaśa—yāna n. (for 2. See col. 3) N. of a place of pilgrimage, [MBh.] śaśayāná mfn. (pf. p. of √ 1. śī; for 1. śaśa-y° See col. 1) lying, reposing, sleeping (= śiśyāna), [RV.] śaśaghātin शशघातिन् śaśa—ghātaka ([Bhpr.]) or śaśa—ghātin ([Suśr.]), m. ‘hare-killer’, a hawk. śaśaśṛṅga शशशृङ्ग śaśa—śṛṅga n. = -viṣāṇa, [Kull.] on [Mn. viii, 53] śaśa—śṛṅga m. N. of a man, [Viddh.] (in Prākṛt). śaśabindu शशबिन्दु śaśa—bindu m. ‘hare-spotted’, the moon, [W.] N. of a king (son of Citraratha; pl. his descendants), [MaitrUp.]; [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c. śaśakarṇa शशकर्ण śaśa—karṇa m. the ear of a hare, [L.] du. N. of a Sāman, [Lāṭy.] ‘hare-eared’, N. of the author of [RV. viii, 9] (having the patr. kāṇva), [Anukr.] śaśaloman शशलोमन् śaśa—loman m. hare's hair, [L.] śaśa—loman m. N. of a king, [MBh.] śaśalupta शशलुप्त śaśa—lupta n. disappearing like a hare, [Pāṇ. vi, 2, 145], Sch. śaśamātra शशमात्र śaśa—mātra mf(I)n. ‘having the measure of a hare’, as large as a hare, [W.] śaśarajas शशरजस् śaśa—rajas n. ‘dirt on a hare’, a partic. measure of length or capacity, [L.] śaśasthalī शशस्थली śaśa—sthalī f. the Doab or country between the Ganges and Jumnā rivers, [L.] w.r. for kuśa-sth°, [L.] śaśabhṛdbhṛt शशभृद्भृत् śaśa—°bhṛd-bhṛt m. ‘moon-bearer’, N. of Śiva, [KālP.] śaśadharīya शशधरीय śaśa—dharīya n. a work composed by Śaśa-dhara, [Cat.] śaśadharman शशधर्मन् śaśa—dharman m. N. of a king, [VP.] śaśaghātaka शशघातक śaśa—ghātaka ([Bhpr.]) or śaśa—ghātin ([Suśr.]), m. ‘hare-killer’, a hawk. śaśakādhama शशकाधम m. a miserable little-rabbit, [Hit.] śaśakaśiśu शशकशिशु śaśaka—śiśu m. the young of a hare, [Vās.] śaśaviṣāṇa शशविषाण śaśa—viṣāṇa n. a hare's horn (a term for an impossibility), [Bhartṛ.]; [Kathās.] &c. śaśaśimbikā शशशिम्बिका śaśa—śimbikā f. a partic. plant, [L.] śaśalāñchana शशलाञ्छन śaśa—lāñchana m. id., [Kāv.]; [Pañcat.] &c. camphor, [A.] śaśalakṣaṇa शशलक्षण śaśa—lakṣaṇa m. ‘hare-marked’, the moon, [MBh.] śaśalakṣman शशलक्ष्मन् śaśa—lakṣman n. the mark of a hare (on the moon), [ib.] śaśa—lakṣman m. ‘hare-marked’, the moon, [Kathās.]; [Sāh.] śaśaplutaka शशप्लुतक śaśa—plutaka n. a scratch with a finger-nail, [L.] śaśadharamālā शशधरमाला śaśa-dhara—mālā f. N. of wk. śaśadharamauli शशधरमौलि śaśa—dhara—mauli m. ‘moon-crested’, N. of Śiva, [MW.] śaśadharamukhī शशधरमुखी śaśa—dhara—mukhī f. a moon-faced woman, [Kautukar.] śaśakaviṣāṇa शशकविषाण śaśaka—viṣāṇa n. = śaśa-viṣ°, [Bhartṛ.] śaśalakṣmaṇa शशलक्ष्मण śaśa—lakṣmaṇa w.r. for prec. [ib.] śaśaviṣāṇāya शशविषाणाय śaśa—viṣāṇāya Nom. Ā. °yate, to resemble a hare's horn, to be an impossibility, [Sarvad.] śaśadharācārya शशधराचार्य śaśa—dha°rācārya m. N. of an author, [Cat.] śaśadharaprabhā शशधरप्रभा śaśa-dhara—prabhā f. N. of wk. śaśamuṇḍarasa शशमुण्डरस śaśa—muṇḍa-rasa m. a kind of fluid medicine made from a hare's head, [ŚārṅgS.] śaśapadaśakti शशपदशक्ति śaśa—pada—śakti f. N. of wk.