शर

See also: शुरू, शेर, and श्र

Sanskrit

From the root शॄ (śṝ).

शर • (śará) stem, m

a sort of reed or grass (Tripidium bengalense, syn. Saccharum sara), used for arrows
an arrow, shaft
- Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad 2.2.4:
  प्रणवो धनुः शरो ह्यात्मा ब्रह्म तल्लक्ष्यमुच्यते ।
  अप्रमत्तेन वेद्धव्यं शरवत्तन्मयो भवेत् ॥
  praṇavo dhanuḥ śaro hyātmā brahma tallakṣyamucyate.
  apramattena veddhavyaṃ śaravattanmayo bhavet.
  OM is the bow, the Atman is the arrow and the Brahman is said to be its mark.
  It should he hit by one who is self-collected and that which hits becomes, like the arrow, one with the mark.
name of the number "five" (from the 5 arrows of kāmadeva)
(astronomy) the versed sine of an arc
a particular configuration of stars (when all the planets are in the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th houses)
the upper part of cream or slightly curdled milk
mischief, injury, hurt, a wound

Masculine a-stem declension of शर (śará)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शरः śaráḥ	शरौ / शरा¹ śaraú / śarā́¹	शराः / शरासः¹ śarā́ḥ / śarā́saḥ¹
Vocative	शर śára	शरौ / शरा¹ śárau / śárā¹	शराः / शरासः¹ śárāḥ / śárāsaḥ¹
Accusative	शरम् śarám	शरौ / शरा¹ śaraú / śarā́¹	शरान् śarā́n
Instrumental	शरेण śaréṇa	शराभ्याम् śarā́bhyām	शरैः / शरेभिः¹ śaraíḥ / śarébhiḥ¹
Dative	शराय śarā́ya	शराभ्याम् śarā́bhyām	शरेभ्यः śarébhyaḥ
Ablative	शरात् śarā́t	शराभ्याम् śarā́bhyām	शरेभ्यः śarébhyaḥ
Genitive	शरस्य śarásya	शरयोः śaráyoḥ	शराणाम् śarā́ṇām
Locative	शरे śaré	शरयोः śaráyoḥ	शरेषु śaréṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

→ Old Javanese: śara (“grass, reed; arrow; shaft”)
- Javanese: ꦱꦫ (sara, “arrow”)
- → Balinese: ᬰᬭ (sara, “arrow”)

Monier Williams (1899) “शर”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1056.