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śara

śará m. (fr. √ śṝ ‘to rend’ or ‘destroy’) a sort of reed or grass, Saccharum Sara (used for arrows), [RV.] &c. &c.

an arrow, shaft, [MuṇḍUp.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.

N. of the number ‘five’ (from the 5 arrows of the god of love), [VarBṛS.]

(in astron.) the versed sine of an arc (accord. to [Āryabh.] also ‘the whole diameter with subtraction of the versed sine’)

a partic. configuration of stars (when all the planets are in the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th houses), [VarBṛS.]

the upper part of cream or slightly curdled milk (v.l. sara), [ĀpŚr.]; [Car.]

mischief, injury, hurt, a wound, [W.]

N. of a son of Ṛcatka, [RV.]

of an Asura, [Hariv.] (v.l. śuka)

śará n. water (see śara-varṣa and °ṣin)