Shringara, Śṛṅgāra, Shrimgara: 25 definitions

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Shringara has 25 English definitions available.

The Sanskrit term Śṛṅgāra can be transliterated into English as Srngara or Shringara, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Śṛṅgāra (शृङ्गार):—(von śṛṅga wie vṛndāra von vṛnda) [Uṇādisūtra 3, 136.] m. n. [Siddhāntakaumudī 249], b, 4.

1) adj. schmuck: vaktra [Rāmāyaṇa 6, 95, 24.] śṛṅgāraiḥ suprahāraiśca kailāso madanāyate [Harivaṃśa 12007.] veṣābharaṇa adj. [Mahābhārata 4, 2295.] veṣa adj. [5, 237.] —

2) m. a) Putz, Staat, schmucke Kleider [Spr. (II) 1649.] vasantaḥ saṃtatojjṛmbhitānaṅgaśṛṅgāra eva [Dhūrtasamāgama 69, 5.] śṛṅgāraṃ vidhāya [Pañcatantra ed. orn. 32, 20.] [Vetālapañcaviṃśati] in [Lassen’s Anthologie (III) 8, 18.] [ŚUK.] ebend. [36, 4.] kṛta adj. (f. ā) [Pañcatantra ed. orn. 32, 24. 51, 15.] mukta [32, 23.] sa geputzt [?49, 21. Kathāsaritsāgara 64, 131. Medinīkoṣa Nalopākhyāna 214.] Schmucksachen eines Elephanten [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 375.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 3, 614] (gajamaṇḍana st. rājamaṇḍana zu lesen). [Medinīkoṣa 3, 231.] [Hārāvalī 204.] [ŚĀŚVATA] bei [UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra 3, 136.] dhārin [Rāmāyaṇa 7, 35, 37.] — b) Geschlechtsliebe; der erotische Grundton (rasa) in einem Kunstwerke [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 7, 17.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 1, 1, 126.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 229. 294.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha 1, 92. 5, 75.] puṃsaḥ striyāṃ striyaḥ puṃsi saṃbhogaṃ prati yā spṛhā . sa śṛṅgāra iti khyātaḥ krīḍāratyādikārakaḥ .. [SUVARṆAREKHA] bei [UJJVAL. a. a. O.] śṛṅgaṃ hi manmathodbhedastadāgamanahetukaḥ . uttamaprakṛtiprāyo rasaḥ śṛṅgāra iṣyate .. [Sāhityadarpana 210.] [DAŚAR. 2, 13. 45.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 4,7 (3, 46 Gorresio).] śṛṅgāraikaraso madanaḥ [Vikramorvaśī 9.] lajjā [Śākuntala 14, 3.] [Spr. 3018. (II) 1911.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 2, 121. 3, 484. 5, 230. 233.] śūra [PAÑCAR. 1, 10, 26. 11, 30. 14, 69.] [Oxforder Handschriften 130], a, [No. 236. 208], b, [27. 213], b, [1.] dharmārthakāmaistrividhaḥ śṛṅgāraḥ [Sāhityadarpana 516.] dharma, artha, kāma [?193, 8. fgg. Bharata NĀṬYAŚ. 18, 67. fgg.] saṃbhoga [Sāhityadarpana 226. 7, 7.] ceṣṭita [95.] ceṣṭā [Raghuvaṃśa 6, 12.] [Halāyudha 1, 89.] — c) Nomen proprium verschiedener Männer [Oxforder Handschriften 210,a, No. 495.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī.8,329. 509. 2121. 2354. 2370. 2434. 2471.] bhaṭṭa [2427.] —

3) n. a) Mennig [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1061,] [Scholiast] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — b) Gewürznelke. — c) Mehl, Pulver [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] — d) frischer Ingwer (vgl. śṛṅgavera) [Śabdacandrikā im Śabdakalpadruma] — e) schwarzes Agallochum (kālāguru) [Rājanirghaṇṭa im Śabdakalpadruma]

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