Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

sara सर – preceding; preparatory

adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

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AYI dictionary adjective

preceding; preparatory

Cappeller 1891 adjective

Original text · English · adjective

sará ·a. fluid, liquid; (f. ī) running, moving, going (--°). f. sarā́ brook, sarī waterfall.

Monier-Williams 1872 adjective · Word type unspecified

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sara sara, as, ā, am (fr. rt. sṛ, cf. sala under rt. sal), going, moving, proceeding (often at the end of comps., cf. puraḥ-s˚); cathartic, purga- tive; (as), m. going, motion; an arrow [cf. śara]; the coagulum of curds or milk, cream, (in this sense cf. according to some, Gr. ὀρό-ς, ὀῤῤός, οὐρό-ς; Lat. seru-m; Lith. suri-s; Slav. syru); salt (pro- bably as coming from water, cf. sala, sarira, sa- lila); a waterfall; (ā), f. going, motion, move- ment; a cascade, waterfall; the plant Pæderia Fetida; (ī), f. a cascade; (am), n. a lake, pool; water.

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

Sara, saras, &c., see p. 1092.

Petersburger 1855 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

1. sará (von sar) 1〉 adj. a〉 flüssig: ṛ̱tasya̱ sāmànsa̱ramā̱rapàntī VS. 22,2. — b〉 in der Medicin laxativ SUŚR. 1,151,8. fg. SUŚR. 1,175,2. SUŚR. 1,181,10. fg. SUŚR. 2,45,19. VĀGBH. 1,6,16. f. ā RĀJAV._im_ŚKDR. Hierher vielleicht sara = lavaṇa salzig H. 1388. — c〉 am Ende eines comp. (f. ī) gehend P. 3,2,18. fg. VOP. 26,47. — 2〉 m. a〉 Gang MED. r. 95. — b〉 Schnur: mauktika˚ UTTARAR. 18,6 (24,14). muktāmaṇi˚ UTTARAR. 13,9 (18,6); vgl. maṇi˚ und prati˚. — c〉 in der Prosodie ein kurzer Vocal COLEBR. Misc. Ess. 2,151. — 3〉 f. ā a〉 nom. act. VOP. 26,192. — b〉 Bach: sa̱rā pàta̱triṇī̀ bhū̱tvā AV. 5,5,9. TS. 4,2,6,2 ?(ṚV. und VS. sīrā). sarā und sarī Wasserfall BHARATA_im_DVIRŪPAK. nach ŚKDR.; vgl. sari. — c〉 Paederia foetida Lin. RĀJAN._im_ŚKDR. — 4〉 n. = saras Teich UJJVAL._zu_UṆĀDIS. 4,188. in sarodapānānām MBH. 14,1225 und saropānte PAÑCAT. 131,15 ist eine unregelmässige Contraction anzunehmen. — Vgl. agra˚, agrataḥ˚, agre˚, apsara, khaṇḍa˚, jambu˚, punaḥ˚, puraḥ˚, pūrva˚, prāgra˚, bindu˚, maṇi˚, matsara, vadhūsarā, vegasara, sarva˚, sva˚. Was bedeutet aber sara in praṇamitasaramartya MĀRK. P. 104,39 ?

Original text · German · substantive masculine

2. sara m. 1〉 = 1. śara 1〉 SUŚR. 2,53,8. — 2〉 = 1. śara 2〉 TRIK. 2,8,52. — 3〉 = 2. śara MED. r. 95.

Böhtlingk 1879 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

1. sará — 1〉 Adj. (*f. sarā) — a〉 flüssig. — b〉 laxativ RĀJAN. 13,16. 22. — c〉 *salzig. — d〉 am Ende eines Comp. (f. ī) laufend, rinnend, gehend. — 2〉 m. — a〉 *Gang. — b〉 Schnur. — c〉 in der Prosodie ein kurzer Vocal. — 3〉 f. sarā́ — a〉 *das Umherwandern GAL. — b〉 Bach. — c〉 *Wasserfall. — d〉 *Paederia foetida RĀJAN. 5,34. — 4〉 *f. sarī Wasserfall. Vgl. sari. — 5〉 n. = saras Teich. In sarodapāna und saropānta kann eine unregelmässige Contraction angenommen werden.

Original text · German · substantive masculine

2. sara m. — 1〉 = śara Rohr, Saccharum sara. — 2〉 *= śara Pfeil. — 3〉 *= śara Rahm.

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1. sará VII. 1〉a〉 AUFRECHT vermuthet VS. 22,2 saraghā rapántī. [Nachtrag, Band 7]

Apte 1890 adjective · substantive masculine · substantive neuter

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sara a. [sarati sṛ ac] 1 Going or moving. 2 Cathartic, purgative — raḥ 1 Going, motion. 2 An arrow. 3 The coagulum of curds or milk, cream 4 Salt. 5 A string, necklace; ayaṃ kaṃṭhe bāhuḥ śiśirasasṛṇo mauktikasaraḥ U. 1. 39, U. 1. 29. 6 A waterfall. — raṃ 1 Water. 2 A lake, pool. — rā 1 Motion, movement. 2 A cascade. — rī A water-fall. Comp. — utsavaḥ a crane. — jaṃ fresh butter; cf. śaraja. — patrikā 1 the new leaf of a lotus. 2 a lotus.

Cappeller 1887 Word type unspecified

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

sará flüssig; f. sarā́ Bach, sarī Wasserfall.

Burnouf 1866 substantive masculine

Original text · French · substantive masculine

sara sara m. (sṛ) marche, mouvement. Flèche. Sel, salure. La partie épaisse du lait caillé, crème. — N. eau; lac, étang. — M. et f. [ā ou ī] chûte d'eau. Cf. saras. saraka a. (sfx. ka) qui va; qui marche. — S. m. n. chemin; directrice du mouvement, t. de géom. Liqueur spiritueuse; rhum; l'action d'en boire; vase à boire, en gén. — N. lac, étang. Le ciel, l'air. saraghā f. (han) abeille. saraja n. (jan) beurre frais.

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