śiśu

Dictionary Definitions

[mw] m. (fr. 1. śū = śvi) a child, infant, the young of any animal (as a calf, puppy &c; also applied to young plants, and to the recently risen sun; often ifc.) RV. &c 1076,2 218018 m. a boy under eight years of age W. 1076,2 218019 m. a lad under sixteen ib. 1076,2 218020 m. a pupil, scholar ib. 1076,2 218021

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m. (fr. 1. śū = śvi) a child, infant, the young of any animal (as a calf, puppy &c; also applied to young plants, and to the recently risen sun; often ifc.) RV. &c 1076,2 218018...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

233

Texts Appeared In

52

DCS: that which has to be first or principally supplied | Monier-Williams: Si/Su mfn. young, infantine, L.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 54 23.2%
2. Suśrutasaṃhitā 28 12.0%
3. Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 17 7.3%
4. Tantrāloka 12 5.2%
5. Rāmāyaṇa 10 4.3%

Concordance (Sample)

• Śivasūtravārtika surface: śiśūn

  athavā ko 'yam ātmeti praṣṭṝn bodhayituṃ śiśūn

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: śiśūnāṃ

  raho racitayālāpaiḥ śiśūnāṃ kalabhāṣiṇām

• Bhāgavatapurāṇa surface: śiśuḥ

  viśvaṃ yugānte vaṭapattra ekaḥ śete sma māyāśiśur aṅghripānaḥ