[śṛṃgaṃ kāmodrekamṛcchatyanena ṛ- aṇ] 1 The sentiment of love or sexual passion, the erotic senti- ment (the first of the eight or nine sentiments in poetical compo- sitions; it is of two kinds: saṃmoga- śṛṃgāra and bipralaṃbhaśṛṃgāra q. q. v. v.); śṛṃgāraḥ sakhi mūrtimāniva madhau mugdho hariḥ krīḍati Gīt. 1; (it is thus defined: puṃsaḥ striyāṃ striyāḥ puṃsi saṃbhogaṃ prati yā spṛhā. sa śṛṃgāra iti khyātaḥ...