शृङ्गार

See also: शृङ्गेरि

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

শৃঙ্গাৰ (Assamese script)
ᬰᬺᬗ᭄ᬕᬵᬭ (Balinese script)
শৃঙ্গার (Bengali script)
𑰫𑰴𑰒𑰿𑰐𑰯𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀰𑀾𑀗𑁆𑀕𑀸𑀭 (Brahmi script)
ၐၖင်္ဂါရ (Burmese script)
શૃઙ્ગાર (Gujarati script)
ਸ਼੍ਰਙ੍ਗਾਰ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌶𑍃𑌙𑍍𑌗𑌾𑌰 (Grantha script)
ꦯꦽꦔ꧀ꦒꦴꦫ (Javanese script)
𑂬𑃂𑂑𑂹𑂏𑂰𑂩 (Kaithi script)
ಶೃಙ್ಗಾರ (Kannada script)
ឝ្ឫង្គារ (Khmer script)
ຨ຺ຣິງ຺ຄາຣ (Lao script)
ശൃങ്ഗാര (Malayalam script)
ᡧᡵᡳᢛᡤᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
𑘫𑘵𑘒𑘿𑘐𑘰𑘨 (Modi script)
ᠱᠷᠢᢊᠺᠠᢗᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
𑧋𑧖𑦲𑧠𑦰𑧑𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
𑐱𑐺𑐒𑑂𑐐𑐵𑐬 (Newa script)
ଶୃଙ୍ଗାର (Odia script)
ꢯꢺꢖ꣄ꢔꢵꢬ (Saurashtra script)
𑆯𑆸𑆕𑇀𑆓𑆳𑆫 (Sharada script)
𑖫𑖴𑖒𑖿𑖐𑖯𑖨 (Siddham script)
ශෘඞ‍්ගාර (Sinhalese script)
𑩿𑩙𑩠 𑪙𑩞𑩛𑩼 (Soyombo script)
𑚧𑚎𑚶𑚌𑚭𑚤 (Takri script)
ஶ்ரிங்க³ார (Tamil script)
శృఙ్గార (Telugu script)
ศฺฤงฺคาร (Thai script)
ཤྲྀ་ངྒཱ་ར (Tibetan script)
𑒬𑒵𑒓𑓂𑒑𑒰𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
𑨮𑨼𑨉𑨏𑩇𑨍𑨊𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

Noun

शृङ्गार • (śṛṅgāra) stem, m

love (as ‘the horned’ or ‘the strong one’ ?), sexual passion or desire or enjoyment Kāv. Rājat. &c.
(rhetoric) the erotic sentiment (one of the 8 or 10 रसs q.v. ; it has विष्णु for its tutelary deity and black for its colour ; accord. to most authorities it is of two kinds, viz. सम्भोग, ‘mutual enjoyment’, and विप्रलम्भ, ‘deception, disappointment’, to which by some is added as third अयोग, ‘separation’) Bhar. Daṡar. Sāh. &c.
a dress suitable for amorous purposes, elegant dress, fine garments, finery Kāv. Pañcat. Kathās. &c.
the ornaments on an elephant (esp. red marks on its head and trunk) L. (cf. -धारिन्)

Descendants

Old Gujarati: सींगार (sīṅgāra)
Hindi: श्रृंगार (śrŕṅgār, “makeup”), शृंगार (śŕṅgār)
Urdu: سنگار (singār)
- → Pashto: سينګار (“make-up”)[translit?]
→ Telugu: శృంగారము (śr̥ṅgāramu)
→ Thai: ศฤงคาร (sà-rǐng-kaan)

References

Monier Williams (1899) “शृङ्गार”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1087.