Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 A fish in general; jhaṣāṇāṃ makaraścāsmi Bg. 10. 31; cf. words like jhaṣaketana below.
2 A large fish.
3 The sign Pisces of the zodiac.
4 Heat, warmth.
5 The sign Ca- pricornus of the zodiac. ṣaṃ 1 A forest, wood.
2 A desert, dreary forest. Comp. aṃkaḥ, ketanaḥ, ketuḥ, dhvajaḥ N. of the god of love; strīmudrāṃ jhaṣaketanasya Pt. 4. 34. aśanaḥ a porpoise. udarī an epithet of Satyavatī,...