As a deity name
Name 727 of the Ganesha Sahasranāma — Ganesha Purana (Upasana Khanda), as taught by Sage Vyasa / Lord Ganesha
As a Hindi name
शशी · noun · masculine
चंद्रमा — Śabdasāgara
शशी · śaśī · s.m.
lit. 'Hare-marked'; the moon — Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago, p. 728
Cited formation "शशी" is शश + -ई: शश means "A hare, a rabbit", and the suffix -ई forms abstract nouns (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §8(14) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "शशी" is शश + -ई: शश means "A hare, a rabbit", and the suffix -ई forms 'belonging to', 'having', 'coming from' (adjectives). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
Cited formation "शशी" is शश + -ई: शश means "A hare, a rabbit", and the suffix -ई forms diminutives (fem.). CHD Basic Grammar App. I §9(6) — cited from the extracted rule table — base gloss: Platts (1884), digital edition courtesy DSAL, University of Chicago
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
in comp. for śaśa.
Scripturally attested Verified derivationMultiple readings (2)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "śaśī" is the nominative of "śaśin" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
śaśī f. N. of an Apsaras, Kāraṇḍ.
1. śaśī f. See under śaśa.
2. śaśī in comp. for śaśa.
śaśin m. ‘containing a hare’, the moon, ŚvetUp.; MBh.; Kāv. &c.
N. of the number one, VarBṛS.
Alternative readings
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