siṃhá m. (ifc. f(A). ; prob. fr. √ sah) ‘the powerful one’, a lion (also identified with ātman), [RV.] &c. &c.
the zodiacal sign Leo or its Lagna, [VarBṛS.]; [MārkP.]
a hero or eminent person (ifc. = ‘chief or lord of’, to express excellence of any kind; cf. puruṣa-s°, rāja-s°, and the similar use of ṛṣabha, vyāghra &c.; sometimes also = ‘prince, king’ e.g. nāga-pura-s°, the king of N°; cf. siṃhadvār and siṃhāsana), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
a partic. form of temple, [VarBṛS.]
a partic. place prepared for the building of a house, [Jyot.]
a Moringa with red flowers (= rakta-śigru), [L.]
(in music) a kind of tune, [Saṃgīt.]
the symbol or emblem of the 24th Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇī, [MW.]
N. of a son of Kṛṣṇa, [BhP.]
of a king of the Vidyā-dharas, [Kathās.]
of a king (the father of Sāhi-deva), [Cat.]
of the Veṅkaṭa mountain, [L.]
(with ācārya) of an astronomer, [VarBṛS.], Sch.
of various other persons, [Buddh.]; [Rājat.]
a partic. mythical bird, [R.]