Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

śīrṣan शीर्षन् – head

substantive neuter

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive neuter
Cappeller 1891 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

śīrṣán ·n. head.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

Śīrṣan, a, n. (connected with śiras, but not declined in the later language except in acc. pl. and remaining cases, where it may be optionally substi- tuted for śiras; it is also used in some comps., e. g. sahasra-ś˚), the head; any eminent or illustrious person (Ved., e. g. śīrṣṇe-śīrṣṇe = śreṣṭhāya śreṣṭhāya, to every eminent person, Ṛg-veda VII. 18, 24).

Petersburger 1855 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

śīrṣán n. ved. = śiras, śīrṣa Haupt, Kopf P. 6,1,60. yatte śīrṣṇo daurbhāgyam Schol. ṚV. 1,116,12. ṚV. 1,164,7. bharàti śī̱rṣaṇi̱ kratùm ṚV. 2,16,2. śiprā̀ḥ śī̱rṣasu̱ vitàtāḥ ṚV. 5,54,11. ṚV. 5,57,6. apì śī̱rṣā vàvṛktam ṚV. 6,62,10. ṚV. 7,18,19. ṚV. 8,63,13. ṚV. 10,27,13. AV. 1,14,3. AV. 6,49,2. AV. 10,2,6. ŚAT. BR. 1,6,3,2. ŚAT. BR. 6,2,1,7. ŚAT. BR. 6,2,1,11. śīrṣaṇyagre palito bhavati ŚAT. BR. 11,4,1,6. paśūnām TS. 5,2,8,5. AIT. BR. 1,17. śī̱rṣṇe śī̀rṣṇe viba̱bhājā̀ vibha̱ktā ṚV. 7,18,24. ṚV. 1,132,2. ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1,6,8. KĀTY. ŚR. 7,2,33. śīrṣṇikar KĀTY. ŚR. 9,4. śīrṣṇā bījaṃ haranti auf dem Kopfe trägt man den Samen (aufʼs Feld) ŚAT. BR. 3,3,3,17. TS. 6,1,9,4. KĀṬH. 24,6. — śīrṣaṇi BHĀG. P. 5,25,2. hṛduraḥkaṇṭhaśīrṣaṇi BHĀG. P. 4,23,14. śīrṣṇi BHĀG. P. 5,18,23. BHĀG. P. 10,88,35. śīrṣāṇi MBH. 13,2411. BHĀG. P. 6,9,4. śīrṣabhiḥ BHĀG. P. 9,16,17. Am Ende eines adj. comp.: sá˚ TS. 5,5,4,3. saptá˚ (f. ˚śīrṣṇī) ṚV. 3,5,5. dhī ṚV. 10,67,1. arka VĀLAKH. 3,4. śatá˚ ŚAT. BR. 9,1,1,6. ŚAT. BR. 9,1,1,7. ŚAT. BR. 9,2,3,32. sahásra˚ ṚV. 10,90,1. ṢAḌV. BR. (nom. ˚śīrṣāḥ falsch). MBH. 3,15815. BHĀG. P. 2,1,28. śīrṇa˚ BHĀG. P. 3,18,5. dagdha˚ BHĀG. P. 4,7,3. avanata˚ BHĀG. P. 5,3,4. vivṛkṇa˚ BHĀG. P. 9,19. — Vgl. a˚, apa˚, tri˚, pañca˚, brahma˚, mṛga˚, ruru˚, vi˚, śataika˚, kapiśīrṣṇī.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

śīrṣán n. Haupt, Kopf.

Apte 1890 substantive neuter

Original text · English · substantive neuter

śīrṣan n. The head. (This word has no forms for the first five inflections, and is optionally substituted for śiras or śīrṣa after acc. dual).

Cappeller 1887 substantive neuter

Original text · German · substantive neuter

śīrṣán n. Kopf.

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SVU 1 occurrence
SVU 3.13-3.18: In the Heart and in the World 1 occurrence

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