miśrá mf(A/)n. (prob. fr. a lost √ miś cf. under mikṣ) mixed, mingled, blended, combined, [RV.] &c. &c. (vacāṃsi miśrā √ 1. kṛ, [A.] -kṛṇute, to mingle words, talk together, [RV. x, 93, 1])
manifold, diverse, various, [TS.] &c. &c.
mixed or connected or furnished with, accompanied by (instr. with or without samam gen. or comp.; rarely ibc., cf. miśra-vāta), [VS.] &c. &c.
pl. (ifc. after honorific epithets = &c.; e.g. ārya-miśrāḥ, respectable or honourable people &c.; often also in sg. ifc. and rarely ibc. with proper names by way of respect, cf. kṛṣṇa-, madhu-m° and comp. below)
mixing, adulterating: (cf. dhānyam°)
miśrá m. a kind of elephant, [L.]
(in music) a kind of measure, [Saṃgīt.]
N. of various authors and other men (also abbreviation for some names ending in , e.g. for Madana-, Mitra-, Vācaspati-m°), [Cat.]
miśrá n. principal and interest, [Lalit.] (cf. -dhana)
a species of radish, [L.]