स्वरु

{ svaruḥ }

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

स्वरु  m.  m. (of doubtful derivation) a large piece of wood cut from the trunk of a tree, stake, ( esp.) sacrificial post or a strip of wood from it, [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; KātyŚr.
a sacrifice, [L.]
sunshine, [L.]
a thunderbolt, [L.]
an arrow, [L.]
a kind of scorpion, [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

स्वरुः [svaruḥ]   [स्वृ-उ]
Sunshine.
A part of a sacrificial post.
A sacrifice.
A thunderbolt; स्वरुणा विहतं सद्यो गिरेः शृङ्गमिवापतत् [Śiva.B.21.51.]
An arrow.
A kind of scorpion.

Shabda-Sagara

स्वरु  m.  ( -रुः)
1. INDRA'S thunderbolt.
2. An arrow.
3. A sacrifice.
4. Shavings of the wood of which a sacrificial post is made.
5. Sun- shine.
6. A kind of scorpion.
E. स्वृ to sound, Unādi aff. उ; also with उसि aff., स्वरुस् .

ROOTS:

स्वृ उ; उसि स्वरुस् .