शश

{ śaśḥ }

हिन्दी (hindi) WN

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प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

शश (भारद्वाज) n.   एक वैदिक सूक्तद्रष्टा [ऋ. १०.१५२] ।

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

  पु.  ससा . [ सं . ] शशविखान - न . सशाचें शिंग ; सशाच्या शिंगासारखी मिथ्या कल्पना . [ सं . शशविषाण ] शशविषाण , शशशृंग - न . १ सशाचें शिंग . गंधर्वदुर्ग कार्या पाडावे । काय शशविषाण मोडावें । - ज्ञा १५ . २१५ . २ ( ल . ) न मिळणारी वस्तु ; अप्राप्य पदार्थ . अशक्य कोटींतील गोष्ट . खपुष्प पहा . उदा० भगवत् ‍ गुणाचा अंत शशविषाणप्राय आहे . [ सं . ]

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

शश  m.  m. a hare, rabbit, or antelope (the markings on the moon are supposed to resemble a hare or rabbit), [RV.] &c. &c. (for शशस्य व्रत see under कर्षू, p.260)
   a kind of meteor, 17, 4"> [AV. v, 17, 4]
    also title or epithet).">N. of a man born under a partic. constellation, [VarBṛS.]
अश्व   a man of mild character and easily led ( one of the four classes into which men are divided by erotic writers, the other three being , मृग and वृषन्), [L.]
   the लोध्र tree, Symplocos Racemosa, [Kād.]
    gum- myrrh, [L.]
    also title or epithet).">N. of a part of जम्बु- द्वीप, [MW.]
शश   [ cf. accord. to some, Gk. κεκήν; accord. to others, is for शस and is connected with Germ. part of Etymology of ">haso, part of Etymology of ">Hase; Eng. part of Etymology of "> hare.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

शशः [śaśḥ]   1 A hare, rabbit; [Ms.3.27;5.18.]
   The spots on the moon ( which are popularly considered to resemble the form of a hare).
    one of the four classes into which men are divided by erotic writers; thus defined; मृदुवचनसुशीलः कोमलाङ्गः सुकेशः सकलगुणनिधानं सत्यवादी शशोऽयम् Śabdak.; see Ratimañjarī 35 also.
   The Lodhra tree.
    gum- myrrh.
   An antelope.
   Comp. अङ्कः the moon; रामाभिधानमपरं जगतः शशाङ्कम् [Pratimā 4.1.]
    camphor. ˚अर्धमुख a. crescent- headed (as an arrow). ˚मूर्तिः an epithet of the moon.
-लेखा   the digit of the moon, lunar crescent.
   अदः a hawk, falcon.
  N. N. of a son of Ikṣvāku, father of पुरंजय.
-अदनः   a hawk, falcon.
-ऊर्णम्,   -लोमन्n. the hair of a rabbit, hair- skin.
    धरः the moon; उत्पातधूमलेखाक्रान्तेव कला शशधरस्य [Māl.9.49;] प्रसरति शशधर- बिम्बे [Gīt.7.]
    camphor. ˚मौलिः an epithet of Śiva.- पदम् a hare's track ( easily got over).
-प्लुतकम्   a scratch with a finger- nail.
-भृत्  m. m. the moon. ˚भृत् m. an epithet of Śiva.
-रजस्  n. n. a particular measure.- लक्ष्मणः an epithet of the moon.
   लाञ्छनः the moon; यदि स्यात् पावकः शीतः प्रोष्णो वा शशलाञ्छनः [Pt.4.51;] [Ku. 7.6.]
    camphor.
   बि(वि)न्दु the moon.
   an epithet of Viṣṇu.
-विषाणम्, -शृङ्गम्   a hare's horn; used to denote anything impossible, an utter impossibility; कदाचिदपि पर्यटञ् शशविषाणमासादयेत् [Bh.2.5;] शशशृङ्ग- धनुर्धरः; see खपुष्प.
-स्थली   the country between the ganges and Yamunā, the doab.

Shabda-Sagara

शश  m.  ( -शः)
   1. A hare or rabbit.
   2. The lodh- tree, (Symplocos race- mosa.)
   3. gum myrrh.
   4. A man of mild and virtuous character, but uxorous and woman- led, one of the four characters in which men are classed by erotic writers.
   5. The spots on the moon, sup- posed to resemble the figure of a hare.
    E. शश् to go by leaps or jumps, aff. अच् .

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शश् अच् .