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शृङ्ग

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Etymology

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    Derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (head, horn). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic сръна (srŭna, roedeer), Hittite [script needed] (surna, horn), Latin cornū, Old English horn (whence English horn).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    शृङ्ग (śṛ́ṅga) stemn

    1. the horn of an animal
      • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.58.3:
        च॒त्वारि॒ शृङ्गा॒ त्रयो॑ अस्य॒ पादा॒ द्वे शी॒र्षे स॒प्त हस्ता॑सो अस्य ।
        त्रिधा॑ ब॒द्धो वृ॑ष॒भो रो॑रवीति म॒हो दे॒वो मर्त्याँ॒ आ वि॑वेश ॥
        catvā́ri śṛ́ṅgā tráyo asya pā́dā dvé śīrṣé saptá hástāso asya.
        trídhā baddhó vṛṣabhó roravīti mahó devó mártyām̐ ā́ viveśa.
        Four are his horns, three are the feet that bear him; his heads are two, his hands are seven in number.
        Bound thrice, the Steer roars loudly: the mighty God hath entered in to mortals.
    2. the tusk of an elephant
    3. the top or summit of a mountain, a peak, crag
    4. the summit of a building, pinnacle, turret
    5. any peak or projection or lofty object, elevation, point, end, extremity
    6. a cusp or horn of the moon
    7. highest point, acme, height or perfection of anything

    Declension

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    Neuter a-stem declension of शृङ्ग
    singular dual plural
    nominative शृङ्गम् (śṛ́ṅgam) शृङ्गे (śṛ́ṅge) शृङ्गाणि (śṛ́ṅgāṇi)
    शृङ्गा¹ (śṛ́ṅgā¹)
    vocative शृङ्ग (śṛ́ṅga) शृङ्गे (śṛ́ṅge) शृङ्गाणि (śṛ́ṅgāṇi)
    शृङ्गा¹ (śṛ́ṅgā¹)
    accusative शृङ्गम् (śṛ́ṅgam) शृङ्गे (śṛ́ṅge) शृङ्गाणि (śṛ́ṅgāṇi)
    शृङ्गा¹ (śṛ́ṅgā¹)
    instrumental शृङ्गेण (śṛ́ṅgeṇa) शृङ्गाभ्याम् (śṛ́ṅgābhyām) शृङ्गैः (śṛ́ṅgaiḥ)
    शृङ्गेभिः¹ (śṛ́ṅgebhiḥ¹)
    dative शृङ्गाय (śṛ́ṅgāya) शृङ्गाभ्याम् (śṛ́ṅgābhyām) शृङ्गेभ्यः (śṛ́ṅgebhyaḥ)
    ablative शृङ्गात् (śṛ́ṅgāt) शृङ्गाभ्याम् (śṛ́ṅgābhyām) शृङ्गेभ्यः (śṛ́ṅgebhyaḥ)
    genitive शृङ्गस्य (śṛ́ṅgasya) शृङ्गयोः (śṛ́ṅgayoḥ) शृङ्गाणाम् (śṛ́ṅgāṇām)
    locative शृङ्गे (śṛ́ṅge) शृङ्गयोः (śṛ́ṅgayoḥ) शृङ्गेषु (śṛ́ṅgeṣu)
    • ¹Vedic

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    Noun

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    शृङ्ग (śṛṅga) stemm

    1. a kind of medicinal or poisonous plant
    2. name 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)

    Declension

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    Masculine a-stem declension of शृङ्ग
    singular dual plural
    nominative शृङ्गः (śṛṅgaḥ) शृङ्गौ (śṛṅgau)
    शृङ्गा¹ (śṛṅgā¹)
    शृङ्गाः (śṛṅgāḥ)
    शृङ्गासः¹ (śṛṅgāsaḥ¹)
    vocative शृङ्ग (śṛṅga) शृङ्गौ (śṛṅgau)
    शृङ्गा¹ (śṛṅgā¹)
    शृङ्गाः (śṛṅgāḥ)
    शृङ्गासः¹ (śṛṅgāsaḥ¹)
    accusative शृङ्गम् (śṛṅgam) शृङ्गौ (śṛṅgau)
    शृङ्गा¹ (śṛṅgā¹)
    शृङ्गान् (śṛṅgān)
    instrumental शृङ्गेण (śṛṅgeṇa) शृङ्गाभ्याम् (śṛṅgābhyām) शृङ्गैः (śṛṅgaiḥ)
    शृङ्गेभिः¹ (śṛṅgebhiḥ¹)
    dative शृङ्गाय (śṛṅgāya) शृङ्गाभ्याम् (śṛṅgābhyām) शृङ्गेभ्यः (śṛṅgebhyaḥ)
    ablative शृङ्गात् (śṛṅgāt) शृङ्गाभ्याम् (śṛṅgābhyām) शृङ्गेभ्यः (śṛṅgebhyaḥ)
    genitive शृङ्गस्य (śṛṅgasya) शृङ्गयोः (śṛṅgayoḥ) शृङ्गाणाम् (śṛṅgāṇām)
    locative शृङ्गे (śṛṅge) शृङ्गयोः (śṛṅgayoḥ) शृङ्गेषु (śṛṅgeṣu)
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    References

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    • Monier Williams (1899) “शृङ्ग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1087, column 1.
    • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 653
    • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śŕ̊ṅga”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press