n. (perhaps connected with śiras, śīrṣan; ifc. f(A or I). ) the horn of an animal, a horn used for various purposes (as in drinking, for blowing, drawing blood from the skin &c.), [RV.] &c. &c.
the tusk of an elephant, [R.]; [Kām.]
the top or summit of a mountain, a peak, crag, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
the summit of a building, pinnacle, turret, [ib.]
any peak or projection or lofty object, elevation, point, end, extremity, [AV.]; [Kum.]; [Gīt.]
a cusp or horn of the moon, [R.]; [Hariv.]; [VarBṛS.]
highest point, acme, height or perfection of anything, [Hariv. 6424]
the horn as a symbol of self reliance or strength or haughtiness, [Ragh.]
the rising of desire, excess of love or passion (cf. śṛṅgāra), [Sāh.]
a partic. military array in the form of a horn or crescent, [MBh. vi, 2413]
a syringe, water-engine, [Ragh.]; [Śiś.]
the female breast, [BhP.]
a lotus, [L.]
Agallochum, [L.]
a mark, token, sign, [L.]
= śaśaśṛṅga, ‘hare's horn’, anything impossible or extra ordinary, [Kusum.]
m. a kind of medicinal or poisonous plant, [L.]
N. of a Muni (of whom, in some parts of India, on occasions of drought, earthen images are said to be made and worshipped for rain), [MW.]
[cf. Lat. cornu; Goth. háurn; Germ., Eng. horn.]