sāra सार m. (fr. √ sṛ) course, motion (see pūrva-s°) stretching out, extension, [Kālac.] mfn. driving away, destroying, [Bālar. ii, 60/61] sā́ra m. n. (ifc. f(A). ; perhaps to be connected with 1. above; prob. fr. a lost root meaning ‘to be strong’) the core or pith or solid interior of anything, [RV.] &c. &c. firmness, strength, power, energy, [AV.] &c. &c. the substance or essence or marrow or cream or heart or essential part of anything, best part, quintessence (ifc. = ‘chiefly consisting of or depending on &c.’ [cf. para] e.g. dharma-sāraṃ jagat, ‘the world chiefly depends on justice’; tūṣṇīṃ-sāra mfn. ‘chiefly silent’; sārat sāram, ‘the very best’), [AitBr.] &c. &c. the real meaning, main point, [MW.] a compendium, summary, epitome (often ifc. in titles of books) a chief-ingredient or constituent part of the body (causing the peculiarities of temperament; reckoned to be 7, viz. sattva, śukra, majjan, asthi, medas, māṃsa, rakta), [Suśr.]; [VarBṛS.] any ingredient, [Suśr.] nectar, [R.]; [BhP.] cream, curds, [L.] worth, value (eṇa, ‘in consideration of’, ‘according to’), [Mn.]; [Yājñ.] &c. wealth, property, goods, riches, [Kāv.]; [Pur.]; [Rājat.] (in rhet.) a kind of climax (uttarottaram utkarṣaḥ), [Sāh.]; [Kpr.] resin used as a perfume, [Suśr.]; [ŚārṅgS.] water, [Vās.] dung, [Kṛṣis.] the matter formed in a boil or ulcer, pus, [MW.] impure carbonate of soda, [ib.] a confederate prince, ally, [VarBṛS.] (= 1. śāra) a piece at chess or backgammon &c. sā́ra mf(A)n. hard, firm solid strong, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c. precious, valuable, [Daś.] good, sound, best, excellent, [BhP.]; [Pañcar.] sound (as an argument, thoroughly proved), [W.] full of (instr.), [VarBṛS.] motley, speckled (= śāra), [Suśr.]; [Kād.] mfn. having spokes, [Śulbas.] sāras सारस् (m.c.) = 1. sārasa, the Indian crane, [MBh. xiii, 736.] sāragha सारघ sāraghá mfn. (fr. saragha) coming or derived from the bee, [RV.]; [AV.]; [ŚBr.]; [BhP.] sāraghá m. a bee, [RV. x, 106, 10] sāraghá n. honey, [Naiṣ.]; [BhP.] sāraṇā सारणा (ā), f. stretching out, extension (only ifc.), [Kathās.] (ifc. f(A). ) producing a sound, striking a note on (loc.), [ib.] a partic. process to which mineral substances (esp. quicksilver) are subjected (two others being given called ṛtu-s° and prati-sāraṇā; °ṇā-traya n. ‘the three Sāraṇā processes’), [Sarvad.] sāraṇī सारणी (ī), f., see below f. = sāraṇi, a stream, [Bālar.] Paederia Foetida, [L.] a poem consisting only of verses, [L.] N. of wk. sāraṇa सारण mf(I)n. id., [L.] cracked, split, [L.] having five hair-tufts on the head, [L.] m. dysentery, diarrhoea, [L.] wind during the autumn, [L.] Paederia Foetida, [L.] Spondias Mangifera, [L.] N. of a brother of Kṛṣṇa, [MBh.]; [Hariv.]; [MārkP.] of one of Rāvaṇa's ministers (sent as ambassador to Rāma), [R.] (am), n. leading home, [Daś.] buttermilk (one fourth part of which is water), [L.] a kind of perfume, [L.] , sāraṇi &c. See col. 1. sāraṇi सारणि f. a stream, channel, water-pipe, [HPariś.] sārathi सारथि sā́rathi m. (fr. sa-ratha) a charioteer, driver of a car, coachman (forming a mixed caste, commonly called Sārthī, and supposed to have sprung from a Kṣatriya father and Brāhman mother), [RV.] &c. &c. any leader or guide (see nau-, vākya-s°) a helper, assistant (see karma-s°) the son of a Saratha (q.v.), [MW.] the ocean, [ib.] N. of a town, [Lalit.] sāradā सारदा sāra—dā f. = śāradā (q.v.) sāraga सारग sāra—ga mfn. robust, strong, powerful, [Śiś.] (= bhala-bhāj, Sch.) sāraja सारज sāra—ja n. ‘produced from cream’, fresh butter (cf. sara-ja), [W.] sāraka सारक mfn. ‘causing to go or flow’, cathartic, laxative, [Bhpr.] m. Croton Jamalgota, [L.] mfn. (ifc.) full of [Kathās.] m. N. of a man, [Divyāv.] sārasī सारसी (ī), f. a female Indian crane, [MBh.]; [Mṛcch.] sārasa सारस mf(I)n. (fr. saras) relating or belonging to or coming from a pond or lake, [Kāv.]; [VarBṛS.]; [Suśr.] m. (ifc. f(A). ) the Indian or Siberian crane, Ardea Sibirica, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. m. a swan = haṃsa, [Śiś. xii, 44] (Sch.) a bird in general (cf. rāja-s°) the moon, [L.] (in music) a kind of measure, [Saṃgīt.] N. of a son of Garuḍa, [MBh.] of a son of Yadu, [Hariv.] of a hunchback (B. °saka), [Mālav.] n. a lotus, [Caurap.] a woman's zone or girdle (= sārasana), [L.] mfn. crying, calling, [Nalod.] sāratā सारता sāra—tā f. firmness, solidity, [R.] strong confidence in (loc.), [ib.] worth, value, [Hit.]; [ŚārṅgP.] highest degree, [R.]; [Rājat.] the being a chief ingredient (in the body; see sāra), [Car.] sārava सारव mfn. (anomalously fr. sarayū) being in or belonging to the Sarayū river, [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 174.] sāraya सारय Nom. P. °yati, to be weak (daurbalye), [Dhātup. xxxv, 16.] sārabhṛt सारभृत् sāra—bhṛt mfn. taking or choosing what is best, [BhP.] sārabhuj सारभुज् sāra—bhuj mfn. eating the essence or best part of anything, [MW.] sāraṅgī सारङ्गी sāráṅgī (ī), f., see below. f. a kind of spotted doe or antelope (see kṛṣṇa-s°) the female of a partic. bird, [Mn. ix, 23] (cf. śārṅgī) a sort of violin, [W.] a kind of metre, [Col.] (in music) a partic. Rāgiṇī, [Saṃgīt.] sāraṅga सारङ्ग sāráṅga or sāraṅgá mf(I)n. (sometimes written śār°; either fr. sa-raṅga, ‘having colour &c.’, or for śarāṅga or sār°, ‘having a dappled body’), of a variegated colour, dappled, spotted (cf. kṛṣṇa-s°, lohita-s°), [AV.]; [Br.]; [MBh.] derived from the antelope called Sāraṅga, [L.] sāráṅga m. (ifc. f(A). ) a kind of spotted antelope, [Kāv.]; [Kathās.] &c. sāráṅga m. N. of various birds (esp. a kind of Viṣkira or Pratuda [qq.vv.]; a peacock; the Indian cuckoo; the Rāja-haṃsa; the Cātaka &c.), [Kāv.]; [Suśr.]; [Car.] &c. a bee, [BhP.] a kind of metre, [Col.] (in music) a partic. Rāga, [Saṃgīt.] (only [L.], ‘an elephant; lion; cloud; tree; umbrella; parasol; garment; clothes; hair; lotus; flower; conch-shell; sort of musical instrument; ornament; jewel; gold; a bow; sandal; camphor; the earth; light; night’) N. of Śiva, [MBh.] of Kāma-deva, [L.] of the father of Bhaṭṭa Rāghava, [Cat.] (with kavi) of a poet, [ib.] sāraṇḍa सारण्ड m. = sarpāṇḍa, a serpent's egg, [L.] sārathya सारथ्य n. the office of a charioteer or coachman, charioteering &c., [MBh.]; [Ragh.]; [BhP.] sārakya सारक्य mfn. g. saṃkāśādi. sāralya सारल्य n. (fr. sarala) straightness, rectitude, sincerity, honesty, [Rājat.] sārambha सारम्भ m. angry talk, [Divyāv.] sārasya सारस्य n. (fr. prec.) a cry, shout, call &c., [ib.] n. abundance of water, [Nalod.] sāratas सारतस् sāra—tas ind. according to the nature, [Mn. vlii, 405] vigorously, essentially, [W.] sāratva सारत्व sāra—tva n. hardness, firmness, solidity, [ŚāṅkhGṛ.]; [MBh.] the being the man point or principal matter, [Sāh.] sāravat सारवत् sāra—vat mfn. hard, solid, firm, strong, steadfast, [MBh.]; [R.] &c. substantial, nourishing (as food), [Car.] valuable, precious, [MBh.]; [Kām.] having pith or sap, containing resin, [Suśr.] sāravid सारविद् sāra—vid mfn. knowing the substance or value of anything, [Kāv.] sārabhūta सारभूत sāra—bhūta mfn. being the chief thing, best, most excellent sāra—bhūta n. the main or best thing, [Kāv.]; [VarBṛS.] &c. sārabhaṭa सारभट sāra—bhaṭa N. of the fourth Muhūrta, [Jyot.] sārabhoga सारभोग sāra—bhoga m. N. of wk. sāradhātṛ सारधातृ sāra—dhātṛ m. ‘bestower of strength’, N. of Śiva, [Hariv.] sāraṇeśa सारणेश m. N. of a mountain, [ib.] sāraṇikā सारणिका (ikā), f. (in cintāmaṇi-s°) N. of wk. sāraṇika सारणिक m. a traveller, (esp.) a travelling merchant (v.l. śar°), [MBh.] sāraśana सारशन w.r. for sārasana. sāradāru सारदारु sāra—dāru n. hard wood, [Hcat.] sāragītā सारगीता sāra—gītā f. N. of various works. sāraguṇa सारगुण sāra—guṇa m. any chief or principal virtue, [Siṃhās.] sāraguru सारगुरु sāra—guru mfn. heavy with weight (as steps), [Kum.] sārakeya सारकेय mfn. g. sakhy-ādi. sāraloha सारलोह sāra—loha n. ‘essence of iron’, steel, [L.] sāramaya सारमय sāra—maya mf(I)n. exceedingly firm or solid, [BhP.] consisting of the chief or best part of anything (gen.), [Cat.] sārameyī सारमेयी (ī), f. a female dog, bitch, [L.] sārameya सारमेय sārameyá m. (fr. saramā) a dog (esp. one of the two four-eyed brindled watch-dogs of Yama, conjectured by some to have been originally Indra and Agni), [R.]; [MBh.]; [R.] &c. N. of a son of Śva-phalka, [BhP.] sāramiti सारमिति sāra—miti m. ‘measure of all truth’, N. of the Veda, [L.] sārapāka सारपाक sāra—pāka n. a partic. poisonous fruit, [Suśr.] sārapada सारपद sāra—pada m. ‘having strong feet’, a kind of bird reckoned among the Viṣkiras (v.l., śāra-p°), [Car.] sārarūpa साररूप sāra—rūpa mfn. best, principal, most excellent, [Chandom.] sārasana सारसन m. (also written sāraś° and perhaps for sa-raśana) a woman's zone or girdle (said to be formed of 25 strings), [Śiś.] a military belt or girdle, [L.] a breast-plate, [L.] sāraseya सारसेय mfn. g. sakhy-ādi. sārasikā सारसिका f. a female Indian crane, [Śiś.] sāratama सारतम sāra—tama mfn. the very best (-tva n.), [Śaṃk.] on [ChUp.] sāratara सारतर sāra—tara n. the better, something excellent (sārāt sārataram, ‘the best or most excellent of all’), [Cat.] sāra—tara mf(A)n. better, more excellent, [Śaṃk.] on [ChUp.] more precious, dearer, [Śīl.] sārataru सारतरु sāra—taru m. ‘pith-tree’, the plantain (= kadala, ‘Musa Sapientum’; so called as containing no hard wood), [L.] sāravatī सारवती sāra—vatī (ī), f. a kind of metre, [Col.] a partic. Samādhi, [Buddh.] sārayodha सारयोध sāra—yodha mfn. consisting of excellent warriors, [MBh.] sārayoga सारयोग sāra—yoga m. possession of the essence or substance of anything, [W.] sārabhāṇḍa सारभाण्ड sāra—bhāṇḍa n. valuable merchandise, treasure, [Yājñ.]; [Pañcat.] a natural receptacle (as a bag or skin for holding musk &c.), [W.] sārabhaṅga सारभङ्ग sāra—bhaṅga m. n. destruction or loss of vigour, [W.] deprived of substance or strength, [ib.] sāradhānya सारधान्य sāra—dhānya n. the best grain or corn, [VarBṛS.] sāradhvaji सारध्वजि sāra—dhvaji m. a patr. [Saṃskārak.] sāraṅgaja सारङ्गज sāraṅga—ja m. a deer sāraṅgika सारङ्गिक m. a bird-catcher or deer-catcher, [L.] sāraphalgu सारफल्गु sāra—phalgu mfn. strong and (or) weak, good and (or) bad, [MBh.] sāraṇyaka सारण्यक mfn. together with a forest, [Pāṇ. i, 1, 7], Vārtt. 8, [Pat.] (sār°) having the Āraṇyakas, [MW.] (am), n. together with the Āraṇyakas, [IndSt.] sāraśūnya सारशून्य sāra—śūnya mfn. devoid of value, worthless, [ib.] sārathitva सारथित्व sārathi—tva n. the office of a charioteer &c., [Kathās.] sāradruma सारद्रुम sāra—druma m. a tree having hard wood, [VarBṛS.] the Khadira tree (Acacia Catechu), [L.] sāragātra सारगात्र sāra—gātra mfn. strong-limbed, [MBh.] sāragandha सारगन्ध sāra—gandha m. ‘having perfection of scent’, sandal-wood, [L.] sāragrāha सारग्राह sāra—grāha m. (with karma-vipāka) N. of wk. on Dharma (composed by Kāṃhada-sūnu in 1384 A.D.) sāragrīva सारग्रीव sāra—grīva m. ‘strong-necked’, N. of Śiva, [MBh.] sāramahat सारमहत् sāra—mahat mfn. very precious or valuable, [Daś.] sāraparṇī सारपर्णी sāra—parṇī f. (cf. śāl-p°) Hedysarum Gangeticum, [L.] sārasākṣī सारसाक्षी (ī), f. having the eyes of a sarasa or a lotus-eyed woman, [Naiṣ.] sārasākṣa सारसाक्ष n. a kind of ruby, [L.] sārasārin सारसारिन् sāra—sārín mfn. running courses or races, [TB.] sārasindhu सारसिन्धु sāra—sindhu m. N. of wk. sārasvatī सारस्वती (ī), f. Cardiospermum Halicacabum, [L.] (with or scil. prakriyā) N. of a grammar by Anubhūti-svarūpācārya sārasvata सारस्वत sārasvatá mf(I)n. relating or belonging to Sarasvat (q.v.) or to Sarasvatī (the river or the goddess) derived or coming from them, [RV.] &c. &c. relating to the Ṛṣi Sārasvata, [MBh.] belonging to the Sārasvata country, [MBh.] eloquent, learned, [W.] sārasvatá m. a Bilva stick, [L.] N. of a Ṛṣi (fabled to have sprung from the personified Sarasvatī river), [MBh.] (also °tā gaṇāḥ), [Hariv.] of a Vyāsa, [VP.] (pl.) N. of a people dwelling on the S° river (i.e. in the north-west part of the province of Delhi including part of the Panjāb), [AV.Pariś.]; [MBh.]; [VarBṛS.]; [Pur.] (pl.) N. of a partic. tribe of Brāhmans (so called as coming from the above country or as supposed to be descended from the above Ṛṣi), [BhP.] (sg.) the twelfth Kalpa or day of Brahmā, [Hcat.] a staff of the Bilva tree, [L.] a partic. ceremonial in the worship of Sarasvatī, [MW.] sārasvatá (am), n. a partic. Sattra, [Jaim.] eloquence, [Prasannar.] sārasvatá n. N. of a grammar (= f.) sāravastu सारवस्तु sāra—vastu n. a valuable or important thing, [Pañcat.] sāravattā सारवत्ता sāra—vat—tā f. hardness (of an arrow), [Ragh.] force, strength, steadfastness, [Kām.]; [Śiś.], Sch. sārakhadira सारखदिर sāra—khadira m. ‘hard Khadira’, a kind of Acacia Catechu, [L.] sāraṅgākṣā सारङ्गाक्षा f. = sāraṅga-dṛś, [Mālav.] sāraṇīrāja सारणीराज sāraṇī—rāja m. N. of wk. sārathipuri सारथिपुरि sā́rathi—puri (?) f. the town Sārathi, [Lalit.] sārabodhinī सारबोधिनी sāra—bodhinī f. N. of a Comm. on the Kāvya-prakāśa. sāradīpikā सारदीपिका sāra—dīpikā f. N. of various works. sāradarśin सारदर्शिन् sāra—darśin mfn. having an eye for the good or important, [R.] sāragrāhin सारग्राहिन् sāra—grāhin mfn. capable of extracting or apprehending the essence or best part of anything, [R.] sārakāyaṇa सारकायण mfn. (fr. saraka) g. pakṣādi. sārakaumudī सारकौमुदी sāra—kaumudī f. N. of wk. sārakalikā सारकलिका sāra—kalikā f. N. of wk. sāralaharī सारलहरी sāra—laharī f. N. of a gram. wk. by Kavi-candra. sāramūṣikā सारमूषिका sāra—mūṣikā f. a kind of plant (= deva-dālī), [L.] sārameyatā सारमेयता sārameya—tā f. the being a dog, [Kathās.]