As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
or kesarin, having a mane, (ī), a lion, &c.; a horse, Sch.; N. of an aquatic bird, the plant Rottleria tinctoria, the plant Mesua ferrea, a citron tree, a variety of Moringa with r…
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Gender counterpart
The kosha attests this stem in the feminine, the masculine, and the neuter — the same name serves without alteration.
Dictionary citations
keśarin or kesarin, mfn. having a mane, MBh. i, iii; (ī), m. a lion, MBh.; Suśr.; Bhartṛ. &c.; a horse, TBr., Sch.; N. of an aquatic bird, Car. i, 27; the plant Rottleria tinctoria, L.; the plant Mesua ferrea, L.; a citron tree, L.; a variety of Moringa with red flowers (= rakta-śigru), L.; N. of a monkey (husband of the mother of Hanumat), MBh. iii, 11193; R.; Daś.; N. of a prince, Lalit.; of a mountain, VP. (iṇī), f. a lioness, Kathās. lxx, 102.
kesarin, (also) N. of a Tathāgata, Sukh. i.
kesa(śa)rin m. [keśa-sa-ra-ini] 1 A lion; anuhuṃkurute ghanadhvaniṃ na hi gomāyurutāni kesarī Śi. 16. 25; dhanurdharaḥ kesariṇaṃ dadarśa R. 2. 29; Ś. 7. 3. 2 The best, excellent, or most pro minent of a class (at the end ofcomp.); cf. kuṃjara, siṃha &c. 3 A horse. 4 The citron plant. 5 The Punnāga tree. 6 N. of the father of Hanūmat. Comp. — sutaḥ an epithet of Hanūmat.
kesarin m. (-rī) 1 A lion. 2 A horse. 3 A plant used in dying: see punnāga. 4 Nagesar, (Mesua ferrea.) 5 A monkey the father of HANUMĀN. E. kesara a filament, a mane, ini aff.
Alternative readings
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