śarkarā शर्करा – gravel; pebbles

Original text · English · substantive feminine

śarkarā śarkarā, f. (according to Uṇādi-s. IV. 3. fr. rt. śṝ), a fragment or piece of broken earthenware, potsherd; any fragment, part, piece, bit; any hard particle or nodule, (jala-śarkarā, hail); a small stone, pebble, gravel, grit [cf. kar- kara]; gravelly mould; a soil abounding in stony or gritty fragments; granulated or candied sugar, brown sugar; gravel (the disease); [cf. Gr. κρόκη, κροκάλη, κάχληξ, χάλιξ, σάκχαρ, σάκχαρον; Lat. calx, calculus, saccharum.]

Original text · English · substantive feminine

śarkarā [śṝ-karan kasya netvam Uṇ. 4. 3] 1 Candied sugar. 2 A pebble, gravel, small stone; pādukāṃtarapraviṣṭiva śarkarā Mk. 5. 3 Gravelly mould. 4 Soil abounding in stony fragments, sand. 5 A piece, ([Page 1036-b]) fragment. 6 A potsherd. 7 Any hard particle, as in jalaśarkarā a nodule of water, i. e. hail. 8 The disease called gravel. Comp. — udaka sugar-water, water sweetened with sugar. — saptamī N. of an observance on the 7th day in the bright half of VaiŚākha.

Original text · French · substantive feminine

śarkarā śarkarā f. gravier, sable; granule; calcul de vessie, gravelle. Sucre raffiné, ou candi. Gr. σάϰχαρον, ϰάχλιξ; lat. saccharum, calculus, etc. Cf. śara. śarakarāprabhā f. l'enfer de gravier. śarkarāvat a. (sfx. vat) graveleux, pierreux, plein de particules pierreuses. śarkarika a. mms. śarkarila a. mms.