Sira, Sīra, Sirā, Śira, Shira: 26 definitions
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Sira has 26 English definitions available.
The Sanskrit term Śira can be transliterated into English as Sira or Shira, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚira (शिर):—m. 1. = śiras Kopf [UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra 4, 193.] kuṇḍalodghṛṣṭagaṇḍānāṃ kumārāṇāṃ tarasvinām . nicakarta śirāndrauṇirnālebhya iva paṅkajān .. [Mahābhārata ebend.] [PAÑCAR.3,2,18.4,3.] [Oxforder Handschriften 103,b,7] (Conj.). [Harivaṃśa 2683] ist śiraḥprakhyāt zu lesen; die neuere Ausg. hat eine ganz andere Lesart. Vgl. indra, tri, mṛga, veda . —
2) die Wurzel von Piper longum [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 468] (mit sa). [Medinīkoṣa r. 92.] Vgl. caṭikāśira, śiras . —
3) eine Art Birke (bhūrjapattra) [Ratnamālā 256.] —
4) = śayyā . —
5) = ajagara [UṆĀDIVṚ. im SAṂKṢIPTAS.] nach [Śabdakalpadruma]
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Śīra (शीर):—[Uṇādisūtra 2, 13.]
1) adj. etwa scharf, spitz (von 2. śā) [das 4,] [?1.Yāska’s Nirukta 4, 14.] (agnim) śī.aṃ pāva.aśociṣam [Ṛgveda 3, 9, 8. 8, 43, 31. 91, 11. 10, 21, 1.] —
2) m. Boa (ajagara) [Śabdaratnāvalī im Śabdakalpadruma] [Pañcatantra 203, 6.]
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Sirā (सिरा):—
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Sīra (सीर):—(von 1. sī) [Uṇādisūtra.2,25.] m. [Siddhāntakaumudī 250,b,6.]
1) m. und n. (dieses in der älteren Sprache) Pflug [Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 14.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 378.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 890.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 468. fg.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 99.] [Halāyudha 2, 420.] yu.akta.sīrā.vi yu.ā tanu.hvam [Ṛgveda 10, 101, 3. 4.] ṣaḍyoga [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 8, 9, 16.] dvādaśagava [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 1, 8, 7, 1.] [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 1, 7, 1, 2.] śu.āvat [2, 5, 8, 12.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 18, 7.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 2, 6, 3, 2. 7, 2, 2, 2. 13, 8, 2, 5.] [Kāṭhaka-Recension 15, 2.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 5, 11, 12. 17, 2, 8. 22, 2, 27.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Gṛhyasūtrāṇi 4, 13.] [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 37. 83. 94. 120.] yoga [27.] [Mahābhārata 5, 5249.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 9, 13, 18.] sīrākarṣaṇaṃ kar [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 4, 7.] sīrotkaṣaṇa [Meghadūta 16.] krāntabhūtala Inschr. in [Journ. of the Am. Or. S. 7, 25,] [Śloka 5.] sīrāṅga als Erklärung von kūṭa [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 9, 39.] Hier und da śīra geschrieben. —
2) m. angeblich die Sonne [Yāska’s Nirukta 9, 40.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] —
3) m. Calotropis gigantea (wie alle Wörter für Sonne) [Śabdakalpadruma] — Vgl. pari, pratisīrā, śunāsīra, sairika, sairya .
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Sīrā (सीरा):—
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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 2 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 10 - The Circulatory and the Nervous System < [Chapter XIII - Speculations in the Medical Schools]
Part 3 - Organs in the Atharva-veda and Āyurveda < [Chapter XIII - Speculations in the Medical Schools]
Part 9 - Head and Heart < [Chapter XIII - Speculations in the Medical Schools]
Rivers in Ancient India (study) (by Archana Sarma)
6. Derivation of the term Nadī < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Rig Veda (translation and commentary) (by H. H. Wilson)
Sushruta Samhita, volume 3: Sharirasthana (by Kaviraj Kunja Lal Bhishagratna)
Chapter VII - Description of Sira (vascular system)
Chapter VI - The Marmas (vital parts of the body)
Chapter IX - The description of the arteries, nerves and ducts
Kashyapa Shilpa-shastra (study) (by K. Vidyuta)
6. Components in the Storeys of the Gopuras < [Chapter 5 - Gopura Lakṣaṇa]
7. The Shapes and Embellishments of the Gopuras < [Chapter 5 - Gopura Lakṣaṇa]
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Charaka Samhita (English translation) (by Shree Gulabkunverba Ayurvedic Society)
Chapter 30a - The Ten Great-rooted Arteries (Dasha-mahamula) in the Heart (Artha) < [Sutrasthana (Sutra Sthana) — General Principles]
Chapter 5 - Body-channels (srotas-vimana) < [Vimanasthana (Vimana Sthana) — Section on Measure]
Chapter 19 - The Eight Abdominal affections (udara-roga) < [Sutrasthana (Sutra Sthana) — General Principles]