शृङ्ग

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head, horn”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic сръна (srŭna, “roedeer”), Hittite (surna, “horn”), Latin cornū, Old English horn (whence English horn).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕŕ̩ŋ.ɡɐ/
• (Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ˈɕr̩ŋ.ɡɐ/

शृङ्ग • (śṛ́ṅga) stem, n

1. the horn of an animal
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.58.3:

     च॒त्वारि॒ शृङ्गा॒ त्रयो॑ अस्य॒ पादा॒ द्वे शी॒र्षे स॒प्त हस्ता॑सो अस्य ।
     त्रिधा॑ ब॒द्धो वृ॑ष॒भो रो॑रवीति म॒हो दे॒वो मर्त्याँ॒ आ वि॑वेश ॥

     catvā́ri śṛ́ṅgā tráyo asya pā́dā dvé śīrṣé saptá hástāso asya.
     trídhā baddhó vṛṣabhó roravīti mahó devó mártyām̐ ā́ viveśa.

     Four are his horns, three are the feet that bear him; his heads are two, his hands are seven in number.
     Bound thrice, the Steer roars loudly: the mighty God hath entered in to mortals.

2. the tusk of an elephant
3. the top or summit of a mountain, a peak, crag
4. the summit of a building, pinnacle, turret
5. any peak or projection or lofty object, elevation, point, end, extremity
6. a cusp or horn of the moon
7. highest point, acme, height or perfection of anything

• शृङ्गार (śṛṅgāra)
• शृङ्गगिरि (śṛṅgagiri) or शृङ्गेरि (śṛṅgeri)

• Pali: siṅga
• Ashokan Prakrit:
  • Magadhi Prakrit:
    • Assamese: শিং (xiṅ)
    • Bengali: শিং (śiṅ), শিঙা (śiṅa)
    • Odia: ଶିଙ (śiṅa), ଶିଙ୍ଗ (śiṅga)
    • Sylheti: ꠢꠤꠋ (hiṅ)
  • Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕 (siṃga), 𑀲𑀁𑀕 (saṃga)
    • Old Marathi:

      Devanagari script: सिंग (siṃga)

      Modi script: 𑘭𑘱𑘽𑘐 (siṃga)

      • Marathi: शिंग (śiṅga)
    • Romani: śing, shing (Anglicized), šing (Pan-Vlax)
    • Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
      • Hindustani:

        Hindi: सींग (sīṅg)

        Urdu: سینگ (sīṅg)

  • Paisaci Prakrit:
    • Takka Apabhramsa:
      • Punjabi: ਸਿੰਗ (siṅg), سنگ (siṅg)
• → Kannada: ಶೃಂಗ (śṛṅga)
• → Telugu: శృంగము (śr̥ṅgamu)
• Thai: ศฤงค์
• → Hindi: शृंग (śŕṅg) (learned)

शृङ्ग • (śṛṅga) stem, m

1. a kind of medicinal or poisonous plant
2. name of a मुनि (of whom, in some parts of India, on occasions of drought, earthen images are said to be made and worshipped for rain)

• Monier Williams (1899) “शृङ्ग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1087, column 1.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śŕ̊ṅga”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press