Encyclopedias & Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 1087) śṛṅgāṭaka, m. N. of various plants (Trapa Bispinosa &c. = śṛṅgāṭa), MBh.; ŚārṅgS.; Bhpr.; a mountain having three peaks, W. [1087,3]; N. of a mountain (= śṛṅgāṭa), KālP.; m. n. (ifc. f. akā and ikā) a place where four (or several) roads meet, crossway, MBh.; R. &c.; (in anat.) = śṛṅgāṭa, Suśr.; (in astron.) a partic. configuration of the planets (when all of them are in the 1st, 5th, and 9th asterisms), VarBṛS.; n. a kind of pastry or minced meat &c. (called Samūsā in Hindi), Bhpr.; a door, W.
|