शर

See also: शुरू, शेर, and श्र

Sanskrit

From the root शॄ (śṝ).

शर • (śará) stem, m

a sort of reed or grass (Tripidium bengalense, syn. Saccharum sara), used for arrows
an arrow, shaft
name of the number "five" (from the 5 arrows of kāmadeva)
(astronomy) the versed sine of an arc
a particular configuration of stars (when all the planets are in the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th houses)
the upper part of cream or slightly curdled milk
mischief, injury, hurt, a wound

Masculine a-stem declension of शर (śará)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शरः śaráḥ	शरौ / शरा¹ śaraú / śarā́¹	शराः / शरासः¹ śarā́ḥ / śarā́saḥ¹
Vocative	शर śára	शरौ / शरा¹ śárau / śárā¹	शराः / शरासः¹ śárāḥ / śárāsaḥ¹
Accusative	शरम् śarám	शरौ / शरा¹ śaraú / śarā́¹	शरान् śarā́n
Instrumental	शरेण śaréṇa	शराभ्याम् śarā́bhyām	शरैः / शरेभिः¹ śaraíḥ / śarébhiḥ¹
Dative	शराय śarā́ya	शराभ्याम् śarā́bhyām	शरेभ्यः śarébhyaḥ
Ablative	शरात् śarā́t	शराभ्याम् śarā́bhyām	शरेभ्यः śarébhyaḥ
Genitive	शरस्य śarásya	शरयोः śaráyoḥ	शराणाम् śarā́ṇām
Locative	शरे śaré	शरयोः śaráyoḥ	शरेषु śaréṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

→ Old Javanese: śara (“grass, reed; arrow; shaft”)
- Javanese: ꦱꦫ (sara, “arrow”)
- → Balinese: ᬰᬭ (sara, “arrow”)

Monier Williams (1899) “शर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1056.