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शृङ्ग f. n. (perhaps connected with शिरस्, शीर्षन्; ifc. f(आ or ई). ) the horn of an animal, a horn used for various purposes (as in drinking, for blowing, drawing blood from the skin &c.), [RV.] &c. &c.
the tusk of an elephant, [R.] ; [Kām.]
the top or summit of a mountain, a peak, crag, [MBh.] ; [Kāv.] &c.
the summit of a building, pinnacle, turret, ib.
any peak or projection or lofty object, elevation, point, end, extremity, [AV.] ; [Kum.] ; [Gīt.]
a cusp or horn of the moon, [R.] ; [Hariv.] ; [VarBṛS.]
highest point, acme, height or perfection of anything, [Hariv. 6424]
the horn as a symbol of self reliance or strength or haughtiness, [Ragh.]
शृङ्गार the rising of desire, excess of love or passion (cf. ), [Sāh.]
a partic. military array in the form of a horn or crescent, [MBh. vi, 2413]
a syringe, water-engine, [Ragh.] ; [Śiś.]
the female breast, [BhP.]
a lotus, [L.]
Agallochum, [L.]
a mark, token, sign, [L.]
शशशृङ्ग = , ‘hare's horn’, anything impossible or extra ordinary, [Kusum.]
शृङ्ग m. m. a kind of medicinal or poisonous plant, [L.]
N. of a मुनि (of whom, in some parts of India, on occasions of drought, earthen images are said to be made and worshipped for rain), [MW.]
शृङ्ग [cf. Lat. cornu; Goth. háurn; Germ. , Eng. horn.]
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