करीर

• करिर (karira)

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• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kɐ.ɾíː.ɾɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /kɐˈɾiː.ɾɐ/

करीर • (karī́ra) stem, m

1. shoot, sprout (especially of bamboo)
   • c. 600 BCE – 600 CE, Suśruta, Suśruta Saṃhitā 46.292:

     वेणोः करीराः कफला मधुरा रसपाकतः ।
     विदाहिनो वातकराः सकषाया विरूक्षणाः ॥

     veṇoḥ karīrāḥ kaphalā madhurā rasapākataḥ.
     vidāhino vātakarāḥ sakaṣāyā virūkṣaṇāḥ.

     Bamboo shoots are phlegmatic, sweet both in taste and digestion, causing heartburn and flatulence, astringent and dryness-causing.

2. Karira (a thorny plant growing in deserts and eaten by camels)

• Monier Williams (1899) “करीर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 255, column 2.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “karīra”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “करीर”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 537
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “karīra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 141