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kesara

késara n. the hair (of the brow), [VS. xix, 91]

késara (in classical literature usually keśara) m. or n. (?), the mane (of a horse or lion), [R.]; [Śak.]; [Pañcat.] &c.

késara (am), n. the tail of the Bos grunniens (used as a fan for driving away flies), [L.]

késara (as, [L.]; am), m. n. the filament of a lotus or of any vegetable, [R.]; [Suśr.]; [Śak.] &c.

késara n. a fibre (as of a Mango fruit), [Suśr.]

késara (as), m. the plants Rottleria tinctoria, Mimusops Elengi, and Mesua ferrea, [MBh. xiii, 5042]; [R.]; [Lalit.]; [Kum.]; [Megh.]

késara (am), n. the flower of those plants, [L.]

késara (as, ā, am), mfn. Asa foetida, [L.]

késara (am), n. gold, [L.]

sulphate of iron, [L.]

N. of a metre (of 4 × 18 syllables)

késara (as), m. N. of a mountain, [MBh. vi, 11, 23];

[cf. Lat. eoesaries; Angl.Sax. haer; Eng. hair; Germ. Haar.]