Shari, Sari, Śāri, Sāri, Sārī: 28 definitions

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2. Marathi
3. Sanskrit
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5. Prakrit
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Shari means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Marathi, Jainism, Prakrit, Hindi, biology, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Śāri can be transliterated into English as Sari or Shari, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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In Hinduism

Vaishnavism (Vaishava dharma)

Source: ISKCON Press: Glossary

Sārī (सारी).—Traditional Indian dress worn by Hindu women-six yards long as a rule; Vedic women’s dress.

Source: Pure Bhakti: Bhajana-rahasya - 2nd Edition

Sāri (सारि) refers to:—A female parrot. (cf. Glossary page from Bhajana-Rahasya).

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Vaishnava (वैष्णव, vaiṣṇava) or vaishnavism (vaiṣṇavism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshipping Vishnu as the supreme Lord. Similar to the Shaktism and Shaivism traditions, Vaishnavism also developed as an individual movement, famous for its exposition of the dashavatara (‘ten avatars of Vishnu’).

Dharmashastra (religious law)

Source: Prācyā: Animals and animal products as reflected in Smṛti texts

Sāri (सारि) refers to the bird “Common myna” (Acridotheres tristis).—Birds have been described in several ancient Sanskrit texts that they have been treated elaborately by eminent scholars. These birds [viz., Sāri] are enumerated in almost several Smṛtis in context of specifying the expiations for killing them and their flesh being used as a dietary article to give satisfaction to the manes (Pitṛs) in Śrāddha rites. These are elaborated especially in the Manusmṛti, Parāśarasmṛti [chapter VI], Gautamasmṛti [chapter 23], Śātātapasmṛti [II.54-56], Uśānasmṛti [IX.10-IX.12], Yājñavalkyasmṛti [I.172-I.175], Viṣṇusmṛti [51.28-51.29], Uttarāṅgirasasmṛti [X.16].

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Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.

Ayurveda (science of life)

Nighantu (Synonyms and Characteristics of Drugs and technical terms)

Source: WorldCat: Rāj nighaṇṭu

Sārī (सारी) is another name for Sātalā, an unidentified medicinal plant (seven possible species identifed), according to verse 4.194-195 of the 13th-century Raj Nighantu or Rājanighaṇṭu. The fourth chapter (śatāhvādi-varga) of this book enumerates eighty varieties of small plants (pṛthu-kṣupa). Together with the names Sārī and Sātalā, there are a total of thirteen Sanskrit synonyms identified for this plant.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Hinduism

Mother of Śāriputra, but it also represents a particular bird's name (sanskrit 'the śārī birds').

In Buddhism

Theravada (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Pali Kanon: Pali Proper Names

A brahminee, mother of Sariputta (1) (q.v.). Her full name was Rupasari.

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Theravāda is a major branch of Buddhism having the the Pali canon (tipitaka) as their canonical literature, which includes the vinaya-pitaka (monastic rules), the sutta-pitaka (Buddhist sermons) and the abhidhamma-pitaka (philosophy and psychology).

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Śāri (शारि) is the daughter of Māṭhara: a Brāhmin from Rājagṛha according to the 2nd century Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter XVI). Accordingly, “Because this man [Māṭhara] was very skillful in debate, the king had given him as a privilege a large village situated not far from the capital. This Māṭhara married and his wife bore a daughter; because the eyes of this young girl resembled those of the Chö li (śāri, the heron) bird, she was called Śāri; later the mother bore a son whose knee-bones were very big, and for that reason he was called Kiu hi lo (Kauṣṭhila). After this Brāhmin married, he was busy raising his son and daughter; he forgot all the holy books he had studied and he did not put his mind to acquiring new knowledge”.

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)

Source: academia.edu: Holy Sites in Buddhist Saṃvara Cycle

Sarī (सरी) refers to one of the sixty-four inner channels running through the nirmāṇacakra, according to the 10th century Ḍākārṇava chapter 15. Nirmāṇacakra is an inner circle of the shape of a lotus with sixty-four petals. This inner circle is visualized in one’s abdomen. The inner channels [viz., Sarī] run through the petals of these inner circles.

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Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Wisdom Library: Local Names of Plants and Drugs

Sari in the Tangkhul language is the name of a plant identified with Ocimum americanum L. from the Lamiaceae (Mint) family having the following synonyms: Ocimum canum Sims, Ocimum album, Ocimum thymoides. For the possible medicinal usage of sari, you can check this page for potential sources and references, although be aware that any some or none of the side-effects may not be mentioned here, wether they be harmful or beneficial to health.

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Sari in Ethiopia is the name of a plant defined with Millettia ferruginea in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Phaseolodes ferrugineum (Hochst.) Kuntze (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Prodromus Florae Peninsulae Indiae Orientalis (1834)
· Revisio Generum Plantarum (1891)
· Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine (2007)
· Flora (1844)
· Flora (1846)
· Kew Bulletin (1961)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Sari, for example chemical composition, health benefits, extract dosage, diet and recipes, side effects, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

Languages of India and abroad

Pali-English dictionary

Source: BuddhaSasana: Concise Pali-English Dictionary

sari : (aor. of sarati) remembered; moved along. || sārī (adj.), (in cpds.) wandering; following.

Source: Sutta: The Pali Text Society's Pali-English Dictionary

Sari, according to Payogasiddhi=sarisa (sadisa) cp. sarīvaṇṇa J. II, 439 (=samāna-vaṇṇa, C.). (Page 698)

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Sāri, (cp. *Sk. śāri) chessman DA. I, 85. (Page 706)

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Pali is the language of the Tipiṭaka, which is the sacred canon of Theravāda Buddhism and contains much of the Buddha’s speech. Closeley related to Sanskrit, both languages are used interchangeably between religions.

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

śārī (शारी).—f A small kind of sāmatā or auger.

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sarī (सरी).—f (sara) A wire (of whatever metal). 2 An ornament for the neck of females, consisting of a chain of twisted (gold or silver) wire. Pr. gaḷāṃ nāhīṃ sarī sukhī nidrā karī; Pr. kōṇhīṃ ghātalī sarī kōṇhīṃ ghātalī dōrī (paṇa gaḷaphāsa basēla). 3 A narrow shred or slip off from a bamboo &c. 4 A water-channel (as in a garden-bed along a row of plants): also the line occupied by such a row, a row. 5 A line of loose texture from the turning aside of the threads. 6 The line along the top of a wall. 7 The laga or connecting beam of postheads (as along a veranda). 8 A ring of earth pressed around the mouth of a handmill (to add weight to the upper leaf). The ring is sometimes of stone. Called also mātīcā pēṇḍa & dagaḍācā pēṇḍa. 9 A clavicle or collar-bone. 10 An interior or subdividing ridge of a vāphā or garden-bed. 11 Equaling or rivaling; asserting or exhibiting equality with. Usually neg. con. v yē g. of s.

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sāri (सारि).—m S A man at chess, backgammon, draughts &c.

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sārī (सारी).—f S (Commonly sārikā) A bird, Turdus salica. Buch.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

sarī (सरी).—f A wire. A water-channel. Equal- ling. A neck-ornament.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śāri (शारि).—1 A chessman, a piece at chess &c; सुवर्णशारीः कपटेन भानां विहायसि द्यूतपडे वतत्य (suvarṇaśārīḥ kapaṭena bhānāṃ vihāyasi dyūtapaḍe vatatya) Rām. ch.6.41.

2) A small round ball.

3) A kind of die.

-riḥ f.

1) The bird called Sārikā.

2) Fraud, trick.

3) An elephant's housings or armour; शारिमशकदधिरोपयितुम् (śārimaśakadadhiropayitum) Śiśupālavadha 15.77.

Derivable forms: śāriḥ (शारिः).

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Śārī (शारी).—

1) A kind of bird.

2) Ved. An arrow.

3) Kuśa grass.

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Sari (सरि).—f.

1) A spring, fountain.

2) A cascade (m.).

3) A quarter of the compass.

Derivable forms: sariḥ (सरिः).

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Sāri (सारि) or Sārī (सारी).—f.

1) A man at chess, chessman.

2) A kind of bird.

Derivable forms: sāriḥ (सारिः).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Śārī (शारी) or Śārikā.—: Mūla-Sarvāstivāda-Vinaya iv.21.5 ff.

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Śārī (शारी).—(= Pali Sārī), also Śārikā, q.v., name of the mother of Upatiṣya (Śāriputra): Mahāvastu iii.56.9 f. (v.l. Śālī); Avadāna-śataka ii.186.6.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śāri (शारि).—m.

(-riḥ) 1. A piece or man at chess, draughts Chauper, &c. 2. An elephant’s housings or armour. 3. Fraud, trick. mf. (-riḥ-rī) A bird: see the next. E. śṝ to injure, Unadi aff. iñ or ṅīp .

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Sari (सरि).—mf. (-riḥ-rī) A water-fall. E. sṛ to go, in aff.; also sara, &c.

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Sāri (सारि).—mf. (-riḥ-rī) 1. A man at chess or backgammon, &c. 2. A kind of bird. E. sṛ to go, causal form, in aff.; also śāri .

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

Śari (शरि).—i. e. śṛ10 + ī, adj. Hurtful.

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Śāri (शारि).— (cf. śāra), I. m. 1. A piece or man at chess, draughts, etc. 2. An elephant’s housings. 3. Fraud. Ii. m., f. ri or rī, A bird, Gracula religiosa.

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Sari (सरि).—i. e. sṛ + i, f. A waterfall.

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

Śāri (शारि).—[masculine] = śāra [masculine]; [feminine] a kind of crow.

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Sari (सरि).—put together, restore.

Sari is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms sa and ri (रि).

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

1) Śarī (शरी):—[from śara] a f. Typha Angustifolia, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) Śari (शरि):—[from śara] a mfn. = hiṃsra, [Uṇādi-sūtra iv, 127 [Scholiast or Commentator]]

3) [v.s. ...] m. a wild beast, beast of prey, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

4) b śarin See p. 1056, col. 3.

5) Śarī (शरी):—b See under śara, p. 1056, col. 2.

6) Śārī (शारी):—[from śāra] a f. a chessman etc. (See m.), [Naiṣadha-carita]

7) [v.s. ...] a kind of bird (= śāri), [ib.]

8) [v.s. ...] Kuśa grass, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

9) Śāri (शारि):—[from śāra] f. ([cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.] also written śārī or sāri) a [particular] bird (= śārikā below), [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Vājasaneyi-saṃhitā]

10) [v.s. ...] an arrow, [Ṛg-veda]

11) [v.s. ...] an elephant’s housings or armour, [Śiśupāla-vadha]

12) [v.s. ...] = vyavahārāntara and kapaṭa, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

13) [v.s. ...] Name of a daughter of Māṭhara (wife of Tiṣya and mother of the first disciple of Gautama Buddha; cf. śāri-putra), [Buddhist literature]

14) [v.s. ...] m. a chessman, piece at chess (or at a kind of draughts), [Kādambarī] (written sāri)

15) [v.s. ...] a little round ball (= guṭikā), [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

16) [v.s. ...] a kind of die or small cube used in games with dice, [ib.]

17) Śārī (शारी):—[from śāra] b See 1. śāra.

18) Sarī (सरी):—[from sara] f. a cascade (cf. sari), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

19) Sari (सरि):—[from sara] a f. a cascade, waterfall (cf. sara, rā, rī), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

20) [v.s. ...] a quarter of the compass, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

21) b sarit etc. See p. 1182, col. 3.

22) Sārī (सारी):—[from sāra] a f. See under sāri and sārī (next p.)

23) Sāri (सारि):—f. (= śāri) a kind of thrush-like bird, [Kauśika-sūtra]

24) m. a chessman, piece at backgammon etc., [Pañcadaṇḍacchattra-prabandha]

25) Sārī (सारी):—[from sāri] b f. a kind of bird (= sārikā; cf. viṭ-s), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

26) [v.s. ...] a chessman, piece at backgammon etc. (-śarī)

27) [v.s. ...] a kind of plant (= saptalā), [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

28) [v.s. ...] a frown, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

29) c See above.

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

1) Śāri (शारि):—(riḥ) 2. m. A piece or man at chess; elephant’s housings; fraud. m. f.

(-riḥ-rī) A bird.

2) Sari (सरि):—[(riḥ-rī)] 2. m. 3. f. A waterfall.

3) Sāri (सारि):—[(riḥ-rī)] 2. m. 3. f. A man at chess or backgammon.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Śāri (शारि) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Sāri, Sārī.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shari in German

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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.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Sārī (सारी):—(a) feminine form of [sārā]; (nf) see [sāḍī].

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Prakrit-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary

1) Sari (सरि) in the Prakrit language is related to the Sanskrit word: Sadṛś.

2) Sari (सरि) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Sarit.

3) Sāri (सारि) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Śāri.

4) Sārī (सारी) also relates to the Sanskrit word: Śārī.

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Prakrit is an ancient language closely associated with both Pali and Sanskrit. Jain literature is often composed in this language or sub-dialects, such as the Agamas and their commentaries which are written in Ardhamagadhi and Maharashtri Prakrit. The earliest extant texts can be dated to as early as the 4th century BCE although core portions might be older.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śāri (ಶಾರಿ):—

1) [noun] a pawn used in the dice-game.

2) [noun] a piece or pawn used in chess, having very limited movements.

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Sari (ಸರಿ):—

1) [verb] to change one’s place; to move; to go.

2) [verb] to run away or escape from danger, pursuit, unpleasantness, etc.; to flee.

3) [verb] to be lost.

4) [verb] to go to a side, (as, leaving some room for others); to budge up.

5) [verb] to move (oneself) from above or one’s grip; to slide; to slip.

6) [verb] to make loose; to unfasten; to losen.

7) [verb] to tighten; to fasten.

8) [verb] to insert (something) into with force.

9) [verb] to make changes so as to fit, conform; to make (something) suitable; to adjust.

10) [verb] to slip by or past; to pass.

11) [verb] to die; to cease.

12) [verb] to stop because of indecision; pause or delay in acting, choosing or deciding because of feeling unsure or lack of confidence.

13) [verb] to lose power, status, reputation, dignity, etc.

14) [verb] to sag down.

15) [verb] to fall down.

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Sari (ಸರಿ):—

1) [noun] the act of running, fleeing away.

2) [noun] the act or an instance of slipping (as from the hand).

3) [noun] an instance of elapsing (as of time, an opportunity, etc.).

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Sari (ಸರಿ):—

1) [noun] a surface declined deeply as on the side of a mountain; mountain-slope.

2) [noun] a rock pillar, a mass of rock stretching above, on a mountain.

3) [noun] a large stone; a rock.

4) [noun] a stone set up to show the boundary of a land, village, town, revenue divisions, etc.; a boundary-stone.

5) [noun] (fig.) the quality of being hard or harsh; hardness.

6) [noun] the quaity of being big or large; largeness.

7) [noun] the quality or state or being strong; strength.

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Sari (ಸರಿ):—

1) [noun] an adhesive substance, as glue; an adhesive.

2) [noun] a solid mass of no special shape or made look like a ball; a lump.

3) [noun] anything that acts as organic catalyst in the fermentation (as of the dough for iḍli, dōse, etc.).

4) [noun] the juice or sap of anything.

5) [noun] a soft food made of cereal or meal boiled in water to which buttermilk is added.

6) [noun] (fig.) the state of being associated, joined, firmly or homogenously.

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Sari (ಸರಿ):—

1) [adjective] of the same quantity, size, number, value, degree, intensity, quality, etc.; equal.

2) [adjective] fit; proper; appropriate.

3) [adjective] ಸರಿಮನೆಯಾಕೆ ಸರಿಗೆ ಹಾಕಿಕೊಂಡರೆ, ನೆರೆಮನೆಯಾಕೆ ಉರುಳು ಹಾಕಿಕೊಂಡಳು [sarimaneyake sarige hakikomdare, neremaneyake urulu hakikomdalu] sari maneyāke sarige hākikoṇḍare, nere maneyāke uruḷu hāki koṇḍaḷu (prov.) envy shoots at others and wounds herself.

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Sari (ಸರಿ):—

1) [noun] the quality of being equal in quantity, size, number, value, degree, intensity, etc.; equality.

2) [noun] the quality of being appropriate, proper; appropriateness.

3) [noun] the fact of being not wrong; correctness.

4) [noun] the share that is due or one is legally, morally eligible for.

5) [noun] (arith.) any number that is exactly divisible by the number two (i.e. without leaving a remainder); an even number.

6) [noun] a term used to express one’s approval, endorsement, etc.; okay.

7) [noun] a thing that has actually happened or that is really true; fact.

8) [noun] ಸರಿಗೆವರ್ [sarigevar] sarige var = ಸರಿಯಾಗು - [sariyagu -] 1; ಸರಿಸುಮಾರು [sarisumaru] sari sumāru the quality or state of being close in estimation, calculation, etc.; approximation; ಸರಿಸಮಾನ [sarisamana] sari samāna = ಸರಿ [sari]6 - 1.

9) [noun] a man who is equal in rank, status, quality, capacity, etc. to another; ಸರಿಸಮಾನೆ [sarisamane] sari samāne a woman who is equal in rank, status, quality, capacity, etc. to another; ಸರಿಯಾಗು [sariyagu] sariyāgu to become equal to; to equal; 2. to become correct, appropriate; 3. to be free from errors, wrongs, etc.; ಸರಿಯಾಗಿ [sariyagi] sariyāgi rightly; appropriately; in a proper manner; 2. in or to an equal extent or degree; uniformly, impartially, etc.; equally; 3. without mistake or mistakes; correctly; ಸರಿಮಾಡು [sarimadu] sari māḍu to make something equal to (another); 2. to consider or treat something as equal to (another) 3. to correct; to make appropriate; 4. to bring (someone) to a right course (freeing from bad habits, wrong way of life, etc.); 5. to make level; to level; ಸರಿಗೇಱು [sarigeru] sarigēṛu (fig.) to attack (something) to capture; 2. to rush or run toward; ಸಕ್ಕಟಸರಿ [sakkatasari] sakkaṭa sari = ಸರಿಸಮಾನ [sarisamana]; ಸಕ್ಕಸರಿ [sakkasari] sakka sari = ಸರಿಸಮಾನ [sarisamana]; ಜೀನನ ಮನಸ್ಸು ಹೀನವೇಸರಿ [jinana manassu hinavesari] jīnana manassu hīnavē sari (prov.) miserliness is nothing but meanness; ಸರಿಗೆ ಸಲ್ [sarige sal] sarige sal = ಸರಿಯಾಗು - [sariyagu -] 1.

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Sari (ಸರಿ):—[noun] a group of things placed, thrown or lying one on another; a pile; a heap.

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Sari (ಸರಿ):—[noun] a continuous pouring (as of rain water).

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Saṟi (ಸಱಿ):—

1) [noun] a surface declined deeply as on the side of a mountain; mountain-slope.

2) [noun] a rock pillar, a mass of rock stretching above, on a mountain.

3) [noun] a large stone; a rock.

4) [noun] a stone set up to show the boundary of a land, village, town, revenue divisions, etc.; a boundary-stone.

5) [noun] (fig.) the quality of being hard or harsh; hardness.

6) [noun] the quaity of being big or large; largeness.

7) [noun] the quality or state or being strong; strength.

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Saṟi (ಸಱಿ):—

1) [noun] an adhesive substance, as glue; an adhesive.

2) [noun] a solid mass of no special shape or made look like a ball; a lump.

3) [noun] anything that acts as organic catalyst in the fermentation (as of the dough for iḍli, dōse, etc.).

4) [noun] the juice or sap of anything.

5) [noun] a soft food made of cereal or meal boiled in water to which buttermilk is added.

6) [noun] (fig.) the state of being associated, joined, firmly or homogenously.

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Sāri (ಸಾರಿ):—[noun] a time or opportunity for action which comes in due rotation or order to each of a number of persons, animals, etc.; a time; a turn.

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Sāri (ಸಾರಿ):—[noun] a garment worn by Indian women, consisting of a long piece of cotton or silk wrapped around the body with one end draped over the head or over one shoulder; sari.

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Sāri (ಸಾರಿ):—[noun] (dance.) any of several movements on the floor ( as with the feet) or in air (as of hands) in dancing.

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Sāri (ಸಾರಿ):—[noun] a pavilion or seat fixed on an elephant’s back; a howdah.

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Sāri (ಸಾರಿ):—

1) [noun] a pawn used in the game of dice.

2) [noun] a pawn used in the game of chess.

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Sāri (ಸಾರಿ):—

1) [noun] the act of riding an animal.

2) [noun] a wandering or touring; a trip.

3) [noun] a respectful mode of addressing.

4) [noun] a respectful mode of addressing a person’s coming.

5) [noun] a number of persons or things moving forward in an orderly, formal way; a procession.

6) [noun] an arch-shaped shelter fitted on to bullock carts.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

1) Sari (सरि):—pp. equal to; like; similar to;

2) Sarī (सरी):—adj. like; equal; similar;

3) Sārī (सारी):—n. a traditional dress for women; sari;

4) Sārī (सारी):—n. 1. Zool. mynah; 2. a piece (used in games like chess); 3. Bot. a kind of cactus plant;

context information

Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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