Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

śīrṣa शीर्ष – the head, skull

substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

śīrṣá ·n. (adj. --° f. ā & ī) head; point, upper part.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

śīrṣa śīrṣa, am, n. (an abbreviated form of śīrṣan, col. 2), the head, skull; black Agallochum or aloe wood (= kṛṣṇāguru); [cf. probably Lat. collum; Old Germ. and Angl. Sax. hals.]

Petersburger 1855 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

śīrṣá 1〉 n. = śiras, śīrṣan Haupt, Kopf VOP. 3,38. VOP. 3,89. AK. 2,6,2,46. H. 567. HALĀY. 2,363. śī̱rṣam AV. 4,34,1. ucchiṣṭo na spṛśecchīrṣam MBH. 13,5022. cālayate R. 1,41,15. R. 4,20,20. R. 5,25,46. R. 7,7,43. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 53,100. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 77,3. MUIR, ST. 4,298,1 v. u. BHĀG. P. 10,63,35. LALIT. ed. Calc. 377,15. abhiyoktā vartayecchīrṣam so v. a. erkläre sich zur Strafe bereit (wenn der Angeklagte durch ein Gottesurtheil gereinigt wird) VIṢṆU_in_Z. d. d. m. G. 9,679. śīrṣe loc. AV. 7,56,6. sū̱ryāyā̀ḥ śī̱rṣe keśā̀m̐ akalpayat AV. 14,1,55. RĀJA-TAR. 7,1722. Verz. d. Oxf. H. 200,b,5. dve śī̱rṣe ṚV. 4,58,3. śīrṣayoḥ MBH. 3,433. śīrṣāṇām HARIV. 10440. śīrṣāṇi und śīrṣā haben wir unter śīrṣan gestellt. vastiśīrṣam Blase und Kopf YĀJÑ. 3,98. ˚hīna BHĀG. P. 4,7,36. granthau pādasya śīrṣage am Oberende (der Bettstelle) befindlich VARĀH. BṚH. S. 79,29. śīrṣopeta mit Köpfchen versehen (Buchstaben) Spr. 2991. dhvajaśīrṣe oberste Spitze HARIV. 9296. raṇa˚ Vordertreffen R. 6,33,4. Häufig am Ende eines adj. comp. (f. ā und ī): adhaḥ˚ MBH. 13,3478. tāmra˚ R. 1,2,15. nata˚ R. 3,32,16. bahu˚ (so ed. Bomb.) MBH. 1,8154. manuṣya˚ (dhvaja) R. 6,80,15. muṇḍa˚ R. 5,27,19. dáśa˚ AV. 4,6,1. MBH. 1,2162. pratyakśirṣī KAUŚ. 44. Auch in Ableitungen von Zusammensetzungen auf śiras P. 6,1,62 (z. B. sthaulaśīrṣa von sthūlaśiras). — 2〉 m. N. pr. eines Berges WILSON, Sel. Works 2,24. WILSON, Sel. Works 2,27. — 3〉 f. ā ein best. Metrum: 4 Mal – – – – – – – COLEBR. Misc. Ess. 2,159 (COLEBR. Misc. Ess. II, 8). — Vgl. ananta˚, apa˚, avāk˚, kapi˚, kṣīra˚, gayā˚, go˚, cāru˚, tri˚, daśa˚, druma˚, dvi˚, pañca˚ (uraga MBH. 3,4008. MBH. 4,753. R. 6,79,67. BHĀG. P. 4,25,21. yavāḥ MBH. 6,87), paśu˚, puruṣa˚, pūrva˚, markaṭa˚, mahā˚, mṛga˚, ratha˚ (auch R. 6,27,31), vajra˚, vāta˚, veda˚, śaṅkha˚, śata˚ (śālayaḥ MBH. 6,87), sapta˚, śairṣāyaṇa, śairṣya.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

śīrṣa m. ein best. Gras PAT. a. a. O. 2,398,a.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

śīrṣá — 1〉 n. (m. in bastiśīrṣa; adj. Comp. f. ā und ī) — a〉 Haupt, Kopf. śīrṣaṃ vartay (VIṢṆUS. 9,20) = śiro vartay; s. u. śiras 1〉. — b〉 das obere Ende, Spitze, Köpfchen (der Buchstaben). — 2〉 m. N. pr. eines Berges. — 3〉 f. śīrṣā ein best. Metrum.

Apte 1890 substantive neuter

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śīrṣaṃ [śiras-pṛṣo˚ śīrṣadeśaḥ, śṝ-ka suk ca vā] 1 The head; śīrṣe sarpo deśāṃtare vaidyaḥ Karpūr., Mu. 1. 21. 2 The black variety of aloe-wood. Comp. — avaśeṣaḥ the head only as the remainder. — āmayaḥ any affection or disease of the head. — udayaḥ an epithet of the zodiacal signs, Gemini, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Aquarius, and Pisces. — chedaḥ decapitation. — chedya a. fit to be beheaded, deserving death by decapitation; śīrṣacchedyaḥ sa te rāma taṃ hatvā jībaya dvijaṃ U. 2. 8; R. 15. 51. — rakṣaṃ a helmet. — śokaḥ pain in the head.

Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

śīrṣá n. (adj. —˚ f. ā u. ī) Kopf.

Burnouf 1866 substantive neuter

Original text · French · substantive neuter

śīrṣa śīrṣa n. (śiras) tête; gr. ϰόρση. [Page651-1] śīrṣaka n. tête de mort. Casque. Jugement, sentence judiciaire. — M. Rāhu. śīrṣaghātin a. (han) qui heurte la tête; qui tranche la tête. śīrṣachedika et śīrṣachedya a. (chid) qui mérite d'avoir la tête tranchée. śīrṣaṇya n. (sfx. ana; sfx. ya) casque. — M. cheveux peignés et démêlés. śīrṣarakṣa n. (rakṣ) casque, heaume.

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AsS1 1 occurrence
Janu Shirshasana A 1 occurrence

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Janu Shirshasana B 1 occurrence

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Janu Shirshasana C 1 occurrence

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GoS 1 occurrence
GoS 34–41: Sun, Sound and Cooling 1 occurrence

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