f. [śṝ-adi Uṇ. 1. 129] 1. The autumn, autumnal season (comprising the two months āśvina and kārtika); yātrāyai codayāmāsa taṃ śa- kteḥ prathamaṃ śarad R. 4. 24.

2 A year; tvaṃ jīva śaradaḥ śataṃ; R. 10. 1; U. 1. 15; dhāriṇībhūtadhāriṇyārbhava bhartā śaracchataṃ M. 1. 15. Comp. aṃtaḥ the end of autumn, winter. aṃbudharaḥ an autumnal cloud. udāśayaḥ an antumnal lake. kāmin m. a dog. kālaḥ the autumnal...

f. (prob. fr. śrā, śṝ) autumn (as the time of ripening), the autumnal season (the sultry season of two months succeeding the rains; in some parts of India comprising the months Bha1dra bhādra and A1s3vina āśvina, in other places A1s3vina āśvina and Ka1rttika... f. a year (or pl. poetically for years cf. varṣa) ib. 134339 1057,2 213711 See śara-dakṣa, on p. 1056, col. 2. 134340 1057,2 213712 m. the end of autumn,...