m. (fr. √ sṛ) course, motion (see pūrva-s°)
stretching out, extension, [Kālac.]
mfn. driving away, destroying, [Bālar. ii, 60/61]
sā́ra m. n. (ifc. f(A). ; perhaps to be connected with 1. above; prob. fr. a lost root meaning ‘to be strong’) the core or pith or solid interior of anything, [RV.] &c. &c.
firmness, strength, power, energy, [AV.] &c. &c.
the substance or essence or marrow or cream or heart or essential part of anything, best part, quintessence (ifc. = ‘chiefly consisting of or depending on &c.’ [cf. para] e.g. dharma-sāraṃ jagat, ‘the world chiefly depends on justice’; tūṣṇīṃ-sāra mfn. ‘chiefly silent’; sārat sāram, ‘the very best’), [AitBr.] &c. &c.
the real meaning, main point, [MW.]
a compendium, summary, epitome (often ifc. in titles of books)
a chief-ingredient or constituent part of the body (causing the peculiarities of temperament; reckoned to be 7, viz. sattva, śukra, majjan, asthi, medas, māṃsa, rakta), [Suśr.]; [VarBṛS.]
any ingredient, [Suśr.]
nectar, [R.]; [BhP.]
cream, curds, [L.]
worth, value (eṇa, ‘in consideration of’, ‘according to’), [Mn.]; [Yājñ.] &c.
wealth, property, goods, riches, [Kāv.]; [Pur.]; [Rājat.]
(in rhet.) a kind of climax (uttarottaram utkarṣaḥ), [Sāh.]; [Kpr.]
resin used as a perfume, [Suśr.]; [ŚārṅgS.]
water, [Vās.]
dung, [Kṛṣis.]
the matter formed in a boil or ulcer, pus, [MW.]
impure carbonate of soda, [ib.]
a confederate prince, ally, [VarBṛS.]
(= 1. śāra) a piece at chess or backgammon &c.
sā́ra mf(A)n. hard, firm solid strong, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
precious, valuable, [Daś.]
good, sound, best, excellent, [BhP.]; [Pañcar.]
sound (as an argument, thoroughly proved), [W.]
full of (instr.), [VarBṛS.]
motley, speckled (= śāra), [Suśr.]; [Kād.]
mfn. having spokes, [Śulbas.]