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शर

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

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From the root शॄ (śṝ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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शर (śará) stemm

  1. a sort of reed or grass (Tripidium bengalense, syn. Saccharum sara), used for arrows
  2. an arrow, shaft
    • Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.2.4:
      प्रणवो धनुः शरो ह्यात्मा ब्रह्म तल्लक्ष्यमुच्यते ।
      अप्रमत्तेन वेद्धव्यं शरवत्तन्मयो भवेत् ॥
      praṇavo dhanuḥ śaro hyātmā brahma tallakṣyamucyate.
      apramattena veddhavyaṃ śaravattanmayo bhavet.
      OM is the bow, the Atman is the arrow and the Brahman is said to be its mark.
      It should he hit by one who is self-collected and that which hits becomes, like the arrow, one with the mark.
  3. name of the number "five" (from the 5 arrows of kāmadeva)
  4. (astronomy) the versed sine of an arc
  5. a particular configuration of stars (when all the planets are in the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th houses)
  6. the upper part of cream or slightly curdled milk
  7. mischief, injury, hurt, a wound

Declension

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Masculine a-stem declension of शर (śará)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative शरः
śaráḥ
शरौ / शरा¹
śaraú / śarā́¹
शराः / शरासः¹
śarā́ḥ / śarā́saḥ¹
Vocative शर
śára
शरौ / शरा¹
śárau / śárā¹
शराः / शरासः¹
śárāḥ / śárāsaḥ¹
Accusative शरम्
śarám
शरौ / शरा¹
śaraú / śarā́¹
शरान्
śarā́n
Instrumental शरेण
śaréṇa
शराभ्याम्
śarā́bhyām
शरैः / शरेभिः¹
śaraíḥ / śarébhiḥ¹
Dative शराय
śarā́ya
शराभ्याम्
śarā́bhyām
शरेभ्यः
śarébhyaḥ
Ablative शरात्
śarā́t
शराभ्याम्
śarā́bhyām
शरेभ्यः
śarébhyaḥ
Genitive शरस्य
śarásya
शरयोः
śaráyoḥ
शराणाम्
śarā́ṇām
Locative शरे
śaré
शरयोः
śaráyoḥ
शरेषु
śaréṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

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  • Old Javanese: śara (grass, reed; arrow; shaft)
    • Javanese: ꦱꦫ (sara, arrow)
    • Balinese: ᬰᬭ (sara, arrow)

References

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