Encyclopedias & Dictionaries | Monier-Williams: A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (p. 310) kesara, n. the hair (of the brow) VS. xix, 91; (in classical literature usually keśara) m. or n. (?), the mane (of a horse or lion) R. Śak. Pañcat. &c.; (ā) f. id. Kātyśr. (kes-); (am) n. the tail of the Bos grunniens (used as a fan for driving away flies), L.; (as, L.; am) m. n. the filament of a lotus or of any vegetable R. Suśr. Śak. &c.; a fibre (as of a Mango fruit) Suśr.; m. the plants Rottleria tinctoria, Mimusops elengi, and Mesua ferrea MBh. xiii, 5042 R. Lalit. Kum. Megh. 311,1; (am) n. the flower of those plants, L.; (as, ā, am) mf. n. Asafoetida, L.; (am) n. gold, L.; sulphate of iron, L.; N. of a metre (of 4 x 18 syllables); m. N. of a mountain MBh. vi, 11, 23; cf. Lat. caesaries; Angl. Sax. haer; Eng. hair; Germ. Haar.
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