In Hinduism

General definition (in Hinduism)

Sairya (सैर्य) is the name in the Rigveda of some species of grass infested by insects.

Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and Subjects

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Sairya (सैर्य).—[masculine] a cert. plant & a cert insect.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sairya (सैर्य):—[from saira] m. a kind of grass, [Ṛg-veda]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Sairya (सैर्य):—(von sīra) gaṇa saṃkāśādi zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 4, 2, 80.] m. ein best. Gras und — Insect [Ṛgveda 1, 191, 3.] eine best. Pflanze, vulgo kaṭaselo [AUSH. 67.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Starts with: Sairyakah.

Full-text: Ashairya, Cira.

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Atharvaveda and Charaka Samhita (by Laxmi Maji)

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