śaśin

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] m. [śaśo'styasya ini] 1 The moon; śaśinaṃ punareti śarvarī R. 8. 56, 6. 85; Me. 41. --2 Camphor, --Comp. --īśaḥ an epithet of Śiva. --kalā a digit of the moon; Mu. 1. 1. --kāṃtaḥ the moon-gem. (--taṃ) a lotus. --koṭiḥ a horn of the moon. --grahaḥ an eclipse of the moon. --jaḥ an epithet of Budha or Mercury (son of the moon). --prabha a. having the lustre of the moon, as bright and white as the moon; R. 3. 16. --bhaṃ...

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m. [śaśo'styasya ini] 1 The moon; śaśinaṃ punareti śarvarī R. 8. 56, 6. 85; Me. 41. --2 Camphor, --Comp. --īśaḥ an epithet of Śiva. --kalā a digit of the moon; Mu. 1. 1. --kāṃtaḥ...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

254

Texts Appeared In

59

DCS: a kind of horse

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 44 17.3%
2. Rāmāyaṇa 29 11.4%
3. Liṅgapurāṇa 15 5.9%
4. Kumārasaṃbhava 10 3.9%
5. Kūrmapurāṇa 10 3.9%

Concordance (Sample)

• Spandakārikā surface: śaśi

  tadā tasminmahāvyomni pralīnaśaśibhāskare

• Spandakārikānirṇaya surface: śaśi

  ayaṃ śaṃkarātmā svabhāvo yan mama vakṣyati abhivyaktaṃ sat yac cidānandaghanam a

• Rasārṇavakalpa surface: śaśi

  śaśirūpamaye pātre mardanaṃ liṅgasaṃsthitam