[śo-ku sanvadbhāvaḥ dvitvam; cf. Uṇ. 1. 20] 1 A child, an infant; śiśurvā śiṣyā vā U. 4. 11.

2 The young of any animal (as a calf, puppy, fawn &c.); Ś. 1. 15; 7. 14, 18.

3 A boy under eight or sixteen years of age.

4 A pupil, scholar. Comp. kraṃdaḥ, -kraṃdanaṃ the cry or weeping of a child. kraṃdīyaḥ (i. e. grathaḥ) a work treating of the complaints of children. gaṃdhā a kind of jasmine (double...