śirā शिरा – channel; vessel
substantive feminine
Dictionary sources
AYI dictionary substantive feminine
channel; vessel
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine
Original text · English · substantive feminine
śirā śirā, f. (probably another form of śilā, col. 3), any tubular vessel of the body, a nerve, tendon, fibre, gut, vein, blood-vessel, artery (= dhamani).
Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine
Original text · German · substantive feminine
mṛgaśira n. und śirā f. das Mondhaus Mṛgaśiras.
Original text · German · substantive feminine
śirā f. und śirāla Adj. = sirā und sirāla.
Apte 1890 substantive feminine
Original text · English · substantive feminine
śirā Any tubular vessel of the body, a nerve, vein, artery, bloodvessel. Comp. — patraḥ the woodapple. — mokṣaḥ bleeding. — vṛttaṃ lead.
Occurrences in source texts (4)
HP 1 occurrence
HTK 2 occurrences
SiSa 1 occurrence
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