śráma m. (ifc. f(A). ) fatigue, weariness, exhaustion, [RV.] &c. &c.
exertion, labour, toil, exercise, effort either bodily or mental, hard work of any kind (as in performing acts of bodily mortification, religious exercises and austerity; śramaṃ-√ kṛ, ‘to work hard at one's studies’), pains or trouble bestowed on (loc. or comp.), [AV.] &c. &c.
military exercise, drill, [W.]
N. of a son of Āpa, [Hariv.]
of a son of Vasu-deva, [BhP.]