Dictionary meanings for sirā from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
1 Any tubular vessel of the body (as a vein, artery, nerve &c.).
2 A bucket, baling vessel.
3 Ved. A stream. Comp. utpātaḥ 1. a disease of the veins &c.
2. red- ness and inflammation of the eyes. jālaḥ enlargement of the vessels of the eye. mokṣaḥ, -vyadhaḥ, -vyadhanaṃ venesection.
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
f. (fr. sṛ) a stream, water RV. i, 121 (cf. Naigh. i, 12; often written śirā) 1217,3 244948 f. any tubular vessel of the body, a nerve, vein, artery, tendon &c Sus3r.; Ya1jn5.; MBh. &c 1217,3 244949 f. a vein-like channel or narrow stream of river water VarBr2S. 1217,3 244950 f. lines which cross each other like veins ib. 1217,3 244951