Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
f. N. of a celebrated city on the Ganges, the modern Be- nares and one of the seven sacred cities; see kāṃcī. śiḥ 1 The clen- ched hand, fist.
2 A handful.
3 The sun.
4 Light, splendour. Comp. paḥ an epithet of Śiva. rājaḥ N. of a king, father of aṃbā, aṃbikā and aṃbālikā, q. v.