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शृंगारः (zRMgAraH)

 
Apte 1890
English
शृंगारः [शृंगं कामोद्रेकमृच्छत्यनेन ऋअण्] 1 The sentiment of love or sexual passion, the erotic sentiment (the first of the eight or nine sentiments in poetical compositions
it is of two kinds:
संमोगशृंगार and बिप्रलंभशृंगार q. q. v. v.)
शृंगारः सखि मूर्तिमानिव मधौ मुग्धो हरिः क्रीडति Gīt. 1
(it is thus defined:
पुंसः स्त्रियां स्त्रियाः पुंसि संभोगं प्रति या स्पृहा शृंगार इति ख्यातः क्रीडारत्यादिकारकः see S. D. 210 also).
2 Love, passion, sexual love
V. 1. 8.
3 A dress suited to amorous interviews, an elegant dress.
4 Coition, sexual union.
5 Marks made with red-lead on the body of an elephant.
6 A mark in general.
रं 1 Cloves.
2 Red-lead.
3 Undried ginger.
4 A fragrant powder for the dress or body.
5 Agallochum.
Comp.
चेष्टा an amorous or love-gesture
शृंगारचेष्टा विविधा बभूबुः R. 6. 12.
भाषितं amorous talk.
भूषणं redlead.
योनिः an epithet of the god of love.
रसः the sentiment of love.
विधिः
वेशः a dress suited to amorous interviews and other purposes.
सहायः an assistant in love-affairs, a confidant of the hero of a play
cf. नर्मसचिव.