n. Joy, bliss, comfort, delight, happiness (often at the end of names of Brahmans, just as varman-is added to the names of kṣatriya-s, and gupta-to those of vaiśya-s) etc.
शर्मन् a. [शॄ-मनिन् Uṇ.4.144] Happy, prosperous. -m. 1 An affix added to the name of a Brāhmaṇa; as विष्णुशर्मन्; cf. वर्मन्, दास, गुप्तः, शर्मवद्ब्राह्मणस्य स्याद्राज्ञो रक्षा- समन्वितम् Ms.2.32. -n. 1 Pleasure, happiness, delight; त्यजन्त्यसून् शर्म च मानिनो वरं त्यजन्ति न त्वेकमयाचितं व्रतम् N.1. 5; R.1.69; Bh.3.97. -2 A blessing. -3 Protection. -4 A house, receptacle (mostly Vedic in this sense). -Comp. -द, -प्रद a. conferring happiness. (-दः) an epithet of Viṣṇu.
n. [√ 3. sri] shelter, protec tion (V.); refuge, safety (C., rare); pleasure, delight, happiness, bliss (C.); frequent at the end of names of Brâhmans (as varman, of Kshatriyas).
noun (neuter) a house (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
bliss (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
comfort (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
delight (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
happiness (often at the end of names of Brāhmans) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
identified with śarva and with vāc (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Joy (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of particular formulas (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
protection (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
refuge (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
safety (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
shelter (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a minister of Jayāpiḍa (king of Kaśmīra) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of Śoṇāśva
name of an Arhat; author of the Vijñānakāyaśāstra (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an old sage (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a class of gods under the 13th Manu (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Kāṇva (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a king [of the Trigartas] (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a son of one of the Manus (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a Vaiśāli (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an Asura (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of Śāṃśapāyana (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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