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śri

cl. 1. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxi, 31]) śrayati, °te (pf. śiśrā́ya, śiśriyé; aor. áśret, áśriyan, [RV.]; aśrait, [AV.]; áśiśriyat, [ib.] &c. ; aśrāyiṣṭa or aśrayiṣṭa Gr. [Ved. forms belonging either to the pf. or aor. type are also aśiśret, °śrema, °śrayuḥ, śiśrītá]; fut. śrayitā Gr.; śrayiṣyati, °te, [Br.] &c.; inf. śrayitum, [MBh.]; śrayitavaí, [Br.]; ind.p. śrayitvā, [MBh.] &c., -śrítya, [Br.] &c.) P. to cause to lean or rest on, lay on or in, fix on, fasten to, direct or turn towards, (esp.) spread or diffuse (light or radiance or beauty) over (loc.), [RV.]; [TS.]; [Br.]; (Ā. or Pass., rarely P.) to lean on, rest on, recline against (acc.), cling to (loc.), be supported or fixed or depend on, abide in or on (acc. loc. or adv.), [ib.]; [ĀśvGṛ.]; [ChUp.]; [MBh.]; (P. Ā.) to go to, approach, resort or have recourse to (for help or refuge), tend towards (acc.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; (Ā.) to go into, enter, fall to the lot or take possession of (acc. or loc.), [Kāv.]; [Kathās.]; (P. Ā.) to attain, undergo, get into any state or condition (acc.), [ib.] &c.; to assume (with śrāvikā-tvam, ‘to assume the form of a Śrāvikā’, q.v.), [Kathās.]; [HPariś.]; to show, betray (heroism), [R.]; to honour, worship, [Dhātup.] : Pass. śrīyate or śriyate (aor. áśrāyi: cf. above), [RV.] &c. &c.: Caus. śrāpayati (in uc-chr°), [VS.]; śrāyayati (aor. aśiśrayat; for aśiśriyat See above) Gr.: Desid. śiśrayiṣati, °te or śiśrīṣati, °te Gr.: Intens. śeśrīyate, śeśrayīti, śeśreti, [ib.]


[cf. Gk. κλίνω, κλίνη, κλῖμαξ; Lat. clino, clivus; Lith. szlýti, szlë́ti, szlaítas; Goth. hlains; hlaiw; Germ. hlinên, linên, lehnen; Angl.Sax. hlinian; Eng. lean.]


in antáḥ- and bahiḥ-śri (q.v.)


light, lustre (= śrī, q.v.) at end of adj. comp.