शृङ्ग f. n. (perhaps connected with
शिरस्,
शीर्षन्;
ifc. f(आ or ई). ) the horn of an animal, a horn used for various purposes (as in drinking, for blowing, drawing blood from the skin &c.),
[RV.] &c. &c.
the tusk of an elephant,
[R.] ;
[Kām.] the top or summit of a mountain, a peak, crag,
[MBh.] ;
[Kāv.] &c.
the summit of a building, pinnacle, turret,
ib.any peak or projection or lofty object, elevation, point, end, extremity,
[AV.] ;
[Kum.] ;
[Gīt.] a cusp or horn of the moon,
[R.] ;
[Hariv.] ;
[VarBṛS.] highest point, acme, height or perfection of anything,
[Hariv. 6424] the horn as a symbol of self reliance or strength or haughtiness,
[Ragh.] शृङ्गार the rising of desire, excess of love or passion (
cf. ),
[Sāh.] a
partic. military array in the form of a horn or crescent,
[MBh. vi, 2413] a syringe, water-engine,
[Ragh.] ;
[Śiś.] the female breast,
[BhP.] a lotus,
[L.] Agallochum,
[L.] a mark, token, sign,
[L.] शशशृङ्ग = , ‘hare's horn’, anything impossible or extra ordinary,
[Kusum.] शृङ्ग m. m. a kind of medicinal or poisonous plant,
[L.] N. 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),
[MW.] शृङ्ग [
cf. Lat. cornu;
Goth. háurn;
Germ. ,
Eng. horn.]