शिग्रु

{ śigruḥ, śigru }

Puranic Encyclopaedia

ŚIGRU   A particular caste of people. In the Dāśarajña war they fought against Sudās and got themselves defeated. [Ṛgveda, 7-18-19] .

महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश

  पु.  शेगवा ; शेवगा . [ सं . ]

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

शिग्रु  m.  m. (of unknown derivation) moringa Pterygosperma"> moringa Pterygosperma (a kind of horse- radish = शोभा-ञ्जन; the root and leaves and flowers are eaten), [Yājñ.]; [Suśr.] &c.
बिदादि    also title or epithet).">N. of a man g.
    pl. also title or epithet).">N. of a people, [RV.]
शिग्रु  n.  n. the seed of the above tree, [Kauś.]; [Car.]
    any potherb or vegetable, [L.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

शिग्रुः [śigruḥ]   [शि- रुक् गुक् च]
   A pot- herb; also शिग्रुक; [Ms. 6.14.]
   A kind of tree ( mar. शेवगा).

Shabda-Sagara

शिग्रु  m.  ( -ग्रुः)
   1. A tree, ( morunga guilandina and hyperanthera.)
   2. A pot- herb in general.
    E. शि to sharpen, रुक् aff., and गुक् augment.

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शि रुक् गुक्