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śaśa

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.]