ṣrī | ष्री | SrI
1. ṣrī | ष्री | (cf. √ ṣrā | ष्रा |) cl. 9. P. Ā. (Dhātup. xxxi, 3) ṣrīṛa/ti | ष्रीऋअ/ति |, ṣrīṛīte/ | ष्रीऋईते/ | (Gr. also pf. ṣiṣrāya | षिष्राय |, ṣiṣriye | षिष्रिये |; aor. aṣrEśīt | अष्र्Eशीत् |, aṣreśWa | अष्रेश्Wअ | &c.; for aṣiṣrayuḥ | अषिष्रयुः | See 2. aBi-√ ṣrī | अBइ-√ ष्री |), to mix, mingle, cook (cf. aBi- | अBइ- | and ā-√ ṣrī | आ-√ ष्री |), RV.; TS.; VS.; Br.; (= √ 1. ṣri | ष्रि |), to burn, flame, diffuse light, RV. i, 68, 1.
2. ṣrī | ष्री | mfn. (ifc.) mixing, mingling, mixed with
ṣrī | ष्री | f. mixing, cooking.
3. ṣrī | ष्री | f. (prob. to be connected with √ 1. ṣri | ष्रि | and also with √ 1. ṣrī | ष्री | in the sense of ‘diffusing light or radiance’ ; nom. ṣrī/s | ष्री/स् | accord. to some also ṣrī | ष्री |) light, lustre, radiance, splendour, glory, beauty, grace, loveliness (ṣriye/ | ष्रिये/ | and ṣriyE/ | ष्रिय्E/ |, ‘for splendour or beauty’, ‘beauteously’, ‘gloriously’, cf. ṣriya/se | ष्रिय/से |; du. ṣriyO | ष्रिय्O |, ‘beauty and prosperity’; ṣriya ātmajāḥ | ष्रिय आत्मजाः |, ‘sons of beauty’ i.e. horses [cf. ṣrī-putra | ष्री-पुत्र |]; ṣriyaḥ putrāḥ | ष्रियः पुत्राः |, ‘goats with auspicious marks’), RV. &c. &c.
prosperity, welfare, good fortune, success, auspiciousness, wealth, treasure, riches (ṣriyā | ष्रिया |, ‘accord˚ to fortune or wealth’), high rank, power, might, majesty, royal dignity (or ‘Royal dignity’ personified; ṣriyo Bājaḥ | ष्रियो Bआजः |, ‘possessors of dignity’, ‘people of high rank’), AV. &c. &c.
symbol or insignia of royalty, Vikr. iv, 13
N. of Lakṣmī (as goddess of prosperity or beauty and wife of Viṣṇu, produced at the churning of the ocean, also as daughter of Bhṛgu and as mother of Darpa), ŚBr. &c. &c.
N. of Sarasvatī (see -paẏcamī | -पय़्चमी |)
of a daughter of king Su-śarman, Kathās.
of various metres, Col.
(the following only in L. ‘a lotus-flower; intellect, understanding; speech; cloves; Pinus Longifolia; Aegle Marmelos; a kind of drug = vfdḍi | व्फ़्द्डि |; N. of a Buddhist goddess and of the mother of the 17th Arhat’)
ṣrī | ष्री | m. N. of the fifth musical Rāga (see rāga | राग |), Saṃgīt.
ṣrī | ष्री | mfn. diffusing light or radiance, splendid, radiant, beautifying, adorning (ifc.; see agni- | अग्नि- |, aḍvara- | अड्वर- |, kśatra- | क्शत्र- |, gaṛa- | गऋअ- |, jana-ṣrī | जन-ष्री | &c.), RV. iv, 41, 8. [The word ṣrī | ष्री | is frequently used as an honorific prefix (= ‘sacred’, ‘holy’) to the names of deities (e.g. Śrī-Durgā, Śrī-Rāma), and may be repeated two, three, or even four times to express excessive veneration. (e.g. Śrī-śrī-Durgā &c.); it is also used as a respectful title (like ‘Reverend’) to the names of eminent persons as well as of celebrated works and sacred objects (e.g. Śrī-Jayadeva, ŚrīBhāgavata), and is often placed at the beginning or back of letters, manuscripts, important documents &c.; also before the words caraṛa | चरऋअ | and pāda | पाद | ‘feet’, and even the end of personal names.]
2. ṣrī | ष्री | mfn. (ifc.) mixing, mingling, mixed with
ṣrī | ष्री | f. mixing, cooking.
3. ṣrī | ष्री | f. (prob. to be connected with √ 1. ṣri | ष्रि | and also with √ 1. ṣrī | ष्री | in the sense of ‘diffusing light or radiance’ ; nom. ṣrī/s | ष्री/स् | accord. to some also ṣrī | ष्री |) light, lustre, radiance, splendour, glory, beauty, grace, loveliness (ṣriye/ | ष्रिये/ | and ṣriyE/ | ष्रिय्E/ |, ‘for splendour or beauty’, ‘beauteously’, ‘gloriously’, cf. ṣriya/se | ष्रिय/से |; du. ṣriyO | ष्रिय्O |, ‘beauty and prosperity’; ṣriya ātmajāḥ | ष्रिय आत्मजाः |, ‘sons of beauty’ i.e. horses [cf. ṣrī-putra | ष्री-पुत्र |]; ṣriyaḥ putrāḥ | ष्रियः पुत्राः |, ‘goats with auspicious marks’), RV. &c. &c.
prosperity, welfare, good fortune, success, auspiciousness, wealth, treasure, riches (ṣriyā | ष्रिया |, ‘accord˚ to fortune or wealth’), high rank, power, might, majesty, royal dignity (or ‘Royal dignity’ personified; ṣriyo Bājaḥ | ष्रियो Bआजः |, ‘possessors of dignity’, ‘people of high rank’), AV. &c. &c.
symbol or insignia of royalty, Vikr. iv, 13
N. of Lakṣmī (as goddess of prosperity or beauty and wife of Viṣṇu, produced at the churning of the ocean, also as daughter of Bhṛgu and as mother of Darpa), ŚBr. &c. &c.
N. of Sarasvatī (see -paẏcamī | -पय़्चमी |)
of a daughter of king Su-śarman, Kathās.
of various metres, Col.
(the following only in L. ‘a lotus-flower; intellect, understanding; speech; cloves; Pinus Longifolia; Aegle Marmelos; a kind of drug = vfdḍi | व्फ़्द्डि |; N. of a Buddhist goddess and of the mother of the 17th Arhat’)
ṣrī | ष्री | m. N. of the fifth musical Rāga (see rāga | राग |), Saṃgīt.
ṣrī | ष्री | mfn. diffusing light or radiance, splendid, radiant, beautifying, adorning (ifc.; see agni- | अग्नि- |, aḍvara- | अड्वर- |, kśatra- | क्शत्र- |, gaṛa- | गऋअ- |, jana-ṣrī | जन-ष्री | &c.), RV. iv, 41, 8. [The word ṣrī | ष्री | is frequently used as an honorific prefix (= ‘sacred’, ‘holy’) to the names of deities (e.g. Śrī-Durgā, Śrī-Rāma), and may be repeated two, three, or even four times to express excessive veneration. (e.g. Śrī-śrī-Durgā &c.); it is also used as a respectful title (like ‘Reverend’) to the names of eminent persons as well as of celebrated works and sacred objects (e.g. Śrī-Jayadeva, ŚrīBhāgavata), and is often placed at the beginning or back of letters, manuscripts, important documents &c.; also before the words caraṛa | चरऋअ | and pāda | पाद | ‘feet’, and even the end of personal names.]