śúci mfn. (f. nom. pl. śucyas, [Mn. viii, 77]) shining, glowing, gleaming, radiant, bright, [RV.] &c. &c.
brilliantly white, white, [Bhartṛ.]
clear, clean, pure (lit. and fig.), holy, unsullied, undefiled, innocent, honest, virtuous, [RV.] &c. &c.
pure (in a ceremonial sense), [ChUp.]; [Mn.]; [Bhag.] &c.
(ifc.) one who has acquitted himself of or discharged (a duty See rahaḥ-ś°)
śúci m. purification, purity, honesty, virtue, [Kāv.]
fire, [L.]
N. of a partic. fire (a son of Agni Abhimānin and Svāhā or a son of Antardhāna and Śikhaṇḍinī and brother of the fires Pavamāna and Pāvaka), [Pur.]
oblation to fire at the first feeding of an infant, [W.]
a partic. hot month (accord. to some = Āṣāḍha or Jyeṣṭha, accord. to others ‘the hot season in general’), [VS.]; [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] &c.
the sun, [MaitrUp.] (Sch.)
the moon, [L.]
the planet Venus or its regent (cf. śukra), [L.]
a ray of light, [L.]
wind, [L.]
sexual love (= śṛṅgāra), [L.]
a Brāhman, [L.]
a faithful minister, true friend, [L.]
the condition of a religious student, [L.]
a fever that attacks pigs, [L.]
judicial acquittal, [W.]
white (the colour), [ib.]
a partic. plant (= citraka), [MW.]
N. of Śiva, [L.]
of a son of Bhṛgu, [MBh.]
of a son of Gada, [Hariv.]
of a son of the third Manu, [ib.]
of Indra in the 14th Manv-antara, [Pur.]
of one of the 7 sages in the 14th Manv-antara, [ib.]
of a Sārthavāha, [MBh.]
of a son of Śata-dyumna, [Pur.]
of a son of Śuddha (the son of Anenas), [ib.]
of a son of Andhaka, [ib.]
of a son of Vipra, [ib.]
of a son of Artha-pati, [Vās., Introd.]
śúci f. (also) f(I). N. of a daughter of Tāmrā and wife of Kaśyapa, (regarded as the parent of water-fowl), [Hariv.]; [VP.]