1. سِرَس-
n
The corpus record — Sanskrit
śirasā
n
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Distribution
- Bhagavad Gita 1 · 1.16/10k
- Brhadaranyaka Upanisad 3 · 0.4/10k
Senses
2. śiras
śiras n. ( prob. originally śaras = karas; and connected with karaṅka, q.v. ) the head, skull ( acc. with √ dā, ‘to give up one's head i.e. life’; with √ dhṛ, or √ vah, ‘to hold up one's head, be proud’; with Caus. of √ vṛt or with upasthā, ‘to hold out the head’, ‘acknowledge one's self guilty’, se
3. śiras
the upper end or highest part of anything, top, peak, summit, pinnacle, acme, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.
4. śiras
N. of the verse āpojyotirāpomṛtam, Baudh. ; Viṣṇ. &c.
5. śirasa
śirasa = śiras in sahasra-Siraso dara , q.v.
Attestations
- śirasā Bhagavad Gita 11.14
- śiraso Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_1,1.2
- śiraso Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_2,2.4
- śirasā Brhadaranyaka Upanisad brhup_2,5.17
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- vol. 2, scan pp. 666-667; entry #4992 Review: Under source audit
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