f.Name of various plants (according to to "Prosopis Spicigera or Mimosa Suma;Terminalia Chebula or Citrina, Emblica Offcinalis;Jasminum Auriculatum;turmeric; dūrvā- grass etc.")
शिवा 1 N. of Pārvatī. -2 A jackal (in general); जहासि निद्रामशिवैः शिवारुतैः Ki.1.38; हरेरद्य द्वारे शिव शिव शिवानां कलकलः Bv.1.32; R.7.5;11.61;12.39. -3 A fortunate woman. -4 Final beatitude. -5 The Śamī tree. -6 The yellow myrobalan. -7 Dūrvā grass. -8 A kind of yellow pigment. -9 Turmeric. -Comp. -अरातिः a dog. -प्रियः a goat. -फला the Śamī tree. -रुतम् the howling of a jackal (a bad omen). -विद्या divination by the cries of jackals; Buddh.
a. having a benefi cent appearance, having the form of Siva; -½âgama, m. doctrine of Siva; T. of a work; -½âdesaka, m. interpreter of fortune, astrolo ger; -½âyatana, n. Siva temple;â-ruta, n. yell of a jackal; -½âlaya, m. Siva's abode, Kailâsa; Siva temple.
noun (feminine) (in music) a particular Śruti (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a euphemistic name of a jackal (generally regarded as an animal of bad omen) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of metre (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of yellow pigment; gorocanā (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Dūrvā grass (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Emblica Offcinalis (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
final emancipation (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Jasminum Auriculatum (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Mimosa Suma
name of a Brāhman woman (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a river (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of an attendant of Devī (K.R. von Kooji (1972), 50)
name of the mother of Nemi (the 22nd Arhat of the present Avasarpiṇi) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the mother of Rudrabhaṭṭa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the wife of Anila (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of the wife of Aṅgiras (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Prosopis Spicigera or Mimosa Suma (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Terminalia Chebula or Citrina (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the energy of Śiva personified as his wife (known as Durgā) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the root of Piper longum (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
turmeric (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Śiva's wife (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) a cemetery (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a place where dead bodies are burnt (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
any temple or shrine dedicated to Śiva (generally containing a Liīga) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
Kailāsa (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a place (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
red Tulasī or basil (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
[rel.] name of Śiva Frequency rank 17293/72933
noun (feminine) a kind of grass (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of Punarnavā
Boerhavia procumbens (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a kind of siddhauṣadhī Frequency rank 25601/72933
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