शृङ्गार
See also: शृङ्गेरि
Sanskrit
Noun
शृङ्गार • (śṛṅgāra) stem, m
- love (as ‘the horned’ or ‘the strong one’ ?), sexual passion or desire or enjoyment Kāv. Rājat. &c.
- (rhetoric) the erotic sentiment (one of the 8 or 10 रसs q.v. ; it has विष्णु for its tutelary deity and black for its colour ; accord. to most authorities it is of two kinds, viz. सम्भोग, ‘mutual enjoyment’, and विप्रलम्भ, ‘deception, disappointment’, to which by some is added as third अयोग, ‘separation’) Bhar. Daṡar. Sāh. &c.
- a dress suitable for amorous purposes, elegant dress, fine garments, finery Kāv. Pañcat. Kathās. &c.
- the ornaments on an elephant (esp. red marks on its head and trunk) L. (cf. -धारिन्)
Descendants
- Old Gujarati: सींगार (sīṅgāra)
- Hindi: सिंगार (siṅgār)
- → Pashto: سينګار (“make-up”)[translit?]
- → Telugu: శృంగారము (śr̥ṅgāramu)
- → Thai: ศฤงคาร (sà-rǐng-kaan)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “शृङ्गार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1087.