शिशिर [ śiśira ] [ śiśira ] m. f. n. ( prob. connected with √ [ śyai ] , [ śīta ] ) cool , chilly , cold , frigid , freezing Lit. R. Lit. VarBṛS.

[ śiśira ] m. n. cold , coolness , hoarfrost , dew Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

m. the cool or dewy season ( comprising two months , Māgha and Phālguna , or from about the middle of January to that of March ; cf. [ ṛtu ] ) Lit. AV.

N. of the seventh month of the year (accord. to one reckoning)

of a mountain Lit. R. Lit. Hariv. Lit. Pur.

of a son of Dhara and Manoharā Lit. MBh. Lit. Hariv.

of a son of Medhâtithi Lit. MārkP.

of a teacher (a pupil or descendant of Śākalya Vedamitra) Lit. Cat.

[ śiśirā ] f. a partic. drug (= [ reṇukā ] ) Lit. L.

[ śiśira ] m. a kind of Cyperus Lit. L.

n. the root of Andropogon Muricatus Lit. L.

a partic. mythical weapon Lit. R. Lit. Hariv.

N. of a Varsha in Plaksha-dvīpa Lit. MārkP.