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śiśuशिशुśíśu m. (fr. √ 1. śū = śvi) a child, infant, the young of any animal (as a calf, puppy &c.; also applied to young plants, and to the recently risen sun; often ifc.), [RV.] &c. &c.
a boy under eight years of age, [W.]
a lad under sixteen, [ib.]
a pupil, scholar, [ib.]
N. of Skanda, [MBh.]; [R.] (cf. kumāra)
of a descendant of Aṅgiras (author of [RV. ix, 112]), [Anukr.]
of a son of Sāraṇa, [VP.]
of a king, [Buddh.]
accord. to some also = śiśna, ‘membrum virile’
śíśu mfn. young, infantine, [L.]
śiśukaशिशुकśiśuká m. a child, young, [AV.] &c. &c.
a kind of aquatic animal (accord. to [L.] a porpoise or Delphinus Gangeticus), [MBh.]
a kind of tree, [L.]
N. of a king, [VP.]
śiśutāशिशुताśiśu—tā f.
śiśumatशिशुमत्śíśu—mat (śíśu-), mfn. accompanied by or possessed of children or young, [RV.]; [VS.]; [PañcavBr.]
śiśutvaशिशुत्वśiśu—tva n. childhood, childishness, [Kāv.]; [VarBṛS.]; [Pañcat.]
pupilage, the period before sixteen, [W.]
the period up to eight years of age, [ib.]
śiśubhāvaशिशुभावśiśu—bhāva m. state of childhood, infancy, [L.]
śiśubodhaशिशुबोधśiśu—bodha m.
śiśujanaशिशुजनśiśu—jana m. young people, children.
śiśukālaशिशुकालśiśu—kāla m. time of infancy, childhood, [Pañcat.]
śiśumārīशिशुमारीśiśu—mā́rī (ī), f. a female porpoise, [PañcavBr.]
a kind of plant, [VarBṛS.]
śiśumāraशिशुमारśiśu—mā́ra m. ‘child-killer’, the Gangetic porpoise or dolphin, Delphinus Gangeticus, [VS.] &c. &c.
an alligator, [Suśr.]
a collection of stars supposed to resemble a dolphin (and held to be a form of Viṣṇu; also personified as a son of Doṣa and Śarvarī, or as father of Bhrami, wife of Dhruva), [MBh.]; [Pur.]
śiśunāgaशिशुनागśiśu—nāga m. a young snake, [R.]
a young elephant, [MW.]
a kind of Rākṣasa or demon, [ib.]
N. of a king of Magadha (pl. his descendants), [BhP.]; [VP.] (v.l. -nāka).
śiśunākaशिशुनाकśiśu—nāka See next.
śiśupālaशिशुपालśiśu—pāla m. ‘child-protector’, N. of the king of the Cedis inhabiting a country in central India, probably the same as Bundelkhand (see cedi; he was son of Dama-ghoṣa, and is also called Sunītha; his impiety in opposing the worship of Kṛṣṇa is described in the Sabhā-parvan of the Mahā-bhārata; when Yudhiṣṭhira was about to perform a Rājasūya sacrifice, numerous princes attended, and Bhīṣma proposed that especial honour should be paid to Kṛṣṇa, who was also present, but Śiśu-pāla objected, and after denouncing Kṛṣṇa as a contemptible person challenged him to fight, whereupon Kṛṣṇa struck off his head with his discus; the Viṣṇu-Purāṇa identifies this impious monarch with the demons Hiraṇya-kaśipu and Rāvaṇa; his death forms the subject of Māgha's celebrated poem called Śiśupāla-vadha)
śiśudeśyaशिशुदेश्यśiśu—deśya mfn. being in the place of a child, not far from or almost a child, [Rājat.]
śiśugandhāशिशुगन्धाśiśu—gandhā f. double jasmine, [L.]
śiśuhatyāशिशुहत्याśiśu—hatyā f. child-murder, [MW.]
śiśukrīḍāशिशुक्रीडाśiśu—krīḍā f. a child's play, [Naiṣ.], Sch.
śiśunāmanशिशुनामन्śiśu—nāman m. a camel, [L.]
śiśunandiशिशुनन्दिśiśu—nandi m. N. of a king, [BhP.]
śiśupriyaशिशुप्रियśiśu—priya m. ‘dear to children’, treacle, [L.]
śiśu—priya n. the white water-lily, [L.]
śiśuromanशिशुरोमन्śiśu—roman m. ‘having hair like a child’, N. of a serpent-demon, [MBh.]
śiśusaukhyaशिशुसौख्यśiśu—saukhya n. N. of wk.
śiśubhūpatiशिशुभूपतिśiśu—bhūpati m. a young prince, [Rājat.]
śiśubodhinīशिशुबोधिनीśiśu—bodhinī f. N. of various works.
śiśukṛcchraशिशुकृच्छ्रśiśu—kṛcchra n. a form of austerity or penance, [Vas.]
śiśukrandaशिशुक्रन्दśiśu—kranda m. the weeping or crying of a child or infant, [Pāṇ. iv, 3, 88] (°dīya mfn. treating of it, [ib.])
śiśupālakaशिशुपालकśiśu—pālaka m. ‘protector of children’, N. of a king (= śiśu-pāla), [L.]
the plant Nauclea Cordifolia, [L.]
śiśuvāhakaशिशुवाहकśiśu—vāhaka or śiśu—vāhyaka, m. ‘carrying young’, a wild goat, [L.]
śiśumārarṣiशिशुमारर्षिśiśu—mā°ra-rṣi m. a Ṛṣi having the form of a dolphin, [TāṇḍyaBr.]
śiśupālahanशिशुपालहन्śiśu—pāla—han m. N. of Kṛṣṇa. ([W.])
śiśupramāṇaशिशुप्रमाणśíśu—pramāṇa mfn. of a child's size, [Bcar.]
śiśuvāhyakaशिशुवाह्यकśiśu—vāhaka or śiśu—vāhyaka, m. ‘carrying young’, a wild goat, [L.]
śiśuvarjitāशिशुवर्जिताśiśu—varjitā f. a woman without a child, [L.]
śiśuhitaiṣiṇīशिशुहितैषिणीśiśu—hitaiṣiṇī f. ‘benefiting children’, N. of a Comm. on the Kumāra-sambhava and Raghu-vaṃśa by Cāritra-vardhana.
śiśukrandīyaशिशुक्रन्दीयśiśu—krandīya mfn., treating of śiśukranda, [ib.]
śiśukrandanaशिशुक्रन्दनśiśu—krandana n. = -kranda, [W.]
śiśumārākṛtiशिशुमाराकृतिśiśu—mā°rākṛti mfn. dolphin-shaped, [VP.]
śiśumāramukhīशिशुमारमुखीśiśu—mā°ra-mukhī f. ‘dolphin-faced’, N. of one of the Mātṛs attending on Skanda, [L.]
śiśumāravasāशिशुमारवसाśiśu—mā°ra-vasā f. the marrow or fat of the Delphinus Gangeticus, [Suśr.]
śiśupālakathāशिशुपालकथाśiśu—pāla—kathā f. N. of a tale
śiśupālavadhaशिशुपालवधśiśu—pāla—vadha m. ‘slaying of Ś°’, N. of a poem by Māgha (q.v.) on the above subject
śiśuhariṇadṛśशिशुहरिणदृश्śiśu—hariṇa-dṛś f. a girl having the eyes of a young antelope, [Amar.]
śiśumāraśirasशिशुमारशिरस्śiśu—mā°ra-śiras n. ‘the dolphin's head’, a part of the heavens having stars of that shape, the north-east point, [MBh.]
śiśucāndrāyaṇaशिशुचान्द्रायणśiśu—cāndrāyaṇa n. the lunar penance of children (eating four mouthfuls at sunrise and four mouthfuls at sunset for a month), [Baudh.]; [Mn. xi, 219.]
śiśurakṣāratnaशिशुरक्षारत्नśiśu—rakṣā-ratna n. N. of a medical wk. (also called bāla-cikitsā).
śiśupālaniṣūdanaशिशुपालनिषूदनśiśu—pāla—niṣūdana m. destroyer of Śiśu-pāla, N. of Kṛṣṇa, [L.]
śiśukṛcchrātikṛcchraशिशुकृच्छ्रातिकृच्छ्रśiśu—kṛcch°rātikṛcchra n. another kind of penance, [L.]
śiśupālaśiraśchettṛशिशुपालशिरश्छेत्तृśiśu—pāla—śiraś-chettṛ m. N. of Kṛṣṇa. ([Pañcar.])
śiśupālavadhaparvanशिशुपालवधपर्वन्śiśu—pāla—vadha-parvan n. N. of a ch. of the Mahā-bhārata, [ii, 1418]-[1627] on the same subject
śiśuprabhodhālaṃkāraशिशुप्रभोधालंकारśiśu—prabhodhālaṃkāra m. N. of wk.