śṛṅga

n. (perhaps connected with śiras, śīrṣan; ifc. f (A or I).) the horn of an animal, a horn used for various purposes (as in drinking, for blowing, drawing blood from the skin &c)...

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Dictionary Definitions

[mw] n. (perhaps connected with śiras, śīrṣan; ifc. f (A or I).) the horn of an animal, a horn used for various purposes (as in drinking, for blowing, drawing blood from the skin &c) RV. &c 1087,1 220523 n. the tusk of an elephant R.; Ka1m. 1087,1 220524 n. the top or summit of a mountain, a peak, crag MBh.; Ka1v. &c 1087,1 220525 n. the summit of a building, pinnacle, turret ib. Page1087,2 220526

Root

√śṝñ शॄञ्

Gaṇa 9· kryadi · hiṃsāyām

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Corpus Profile

Part of Speech: NOUN
Occurrences: 498
Texts: 80

DCS: addressed; invoked; summoned | Monier-Williams: SfNga [ cf. Lat. cornu ; Goth. háurn ; Germ. , Eng. horn .]

Occurrences

Appears in 98 texts.

Agnipurana Aitareya-Aranyaka Aitareyabrahmana Amarakosa Anandakanda Apastambasrautasutra Arthasastra Aryasaptasati Astadhyayi Astangahrdayasamhita Atharvaprayascittani Ayurvedadipika Baudhayanadharmasutra Baudhayanasrautasutra Bhagavatapurana Bharadvajasrautasutra Bharatamanjari Bhavaprakasa Brhadaranyakopanisad Brhatkathaslokasamgraha Buddhacarita Carakasamhita Dasakumaracarita Divyavadana Garudapurana Gitagovinda Gokarnapuranasarah Gopathabrahmana Gudharthadipika Haribhaktivilasa Hiranyakesigrhyasutra Hitopadesa Jaiminigrhyasutra Kathakasamhita Kathasaritsagara Katyayanasmrti Kausikasutra Kausikasutrakesavapaddhati Kausitakibrahmana Kiratarjuniya Kokilasamdesa Krsiparasara Kumarasambhava Kurmapurana Lankavatarasutra Lingapurana Madanapalanighantu Maitrayanisamhita Manusmrti Matsyapurana Meghaduta Mugdhavabodhini Narmamala Pancarthabhasya Pancavimsabrahmana Parasaradharmasamhita Rajanighantu Ramayana Rasamanjari Rasaprakasasudhakara Rasaratnakara Rasaratnasamuccaya Rasarnava Rasarnavakalpa Rasasamketakalika Rasendracintamani Rasendracudamani Samavidhanabrahmana Sanghabhedavastu Sankhayanaranyaka Sarngadharasamhita Sarngadharasamhitadipika Satapathabrahmana Satvatatantra Saundarananda Skandapurana Suryasatakatika Susrutasamhita Syainikasastra Taittiriyasamhita Tantrakhyayika Tantraloka Trikandasesa Uddamaresvaratantra Vaikhanasagrhyasutra Vaikhanasasrautasutra Vaitanasutra Visnupurana Visnusmrti Yajnavalkyasmrti atharvaveda-paippalada atharvaveda-saunaka mahabharata mahabharata mahabharata rgveda skandapurana-revakhanda vajasaneyisamhita-madhyandina

Top Texts by Occurrence

Mahābhārata 112 · 22.5%Rāmāyaṇa 80 · 16.1%Matsyapurāṇa 25 · 5.0%Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā 24 · 4.8%Liṅgapurāṇa 23 · 4.6%

Concordance Sample

Bhāgavatapurāṇasurface: śṛṅgebhyaḥ

pātanaṃ giriśṛṅgebhyo rodhanaṃ cāmbugartayoḥ

Bhāgavatapurāṇasurface: śṛṅgaḥ

āsāṃ krīḍanako vaśya ṛṣyaśṛṅgo mṛgīsutaḥ

Skandapurāṇasurface: śṛṅgaḥ

ayaṃ caivāśramaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ svarṇaśṛṅgo 'calottamaḥ