वृष

Probably later form of वृषन् (vṛṣan).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ʋr̩.ʂɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈʋr̩.ʂɐ/

वृष • (vṛṣa) stem, m

1. man, male, husband
2. the male of any animal
3. bull (in older language only)
4. the zodiacal sign Taurus
5. a strong or potent man (one of the four classes into which men are divided in erotic works.)
6. the chief of a class or anything the most excellent or preeminent or best of its kind

   vṛṣo 'ṅgulinām — the chief among fingers, the thumb

   vṛṣo gavām or simply vṛṣaḥ — the bull among cows, the principal die in a game at dice; often at the end of a compound, e.g.

   kapivṛṣāḥ — the chief monkeys

7. Justice or Virtue personified as a bull or as Shiva's bull
8. just or virtuous act, virtue, moral merit
9. name of Shiva
10. semen virile
11. water
12. mouse, rat (compare वृश (vṛ́śa) and वृषदंश (vṛṣa-daṃśa))
13. enemy
14. a particular form of a temple
15. a piece of ground suitable for the foundation of a house
16. name of Viṣṇu-kṛṣṇa
17. name of Indra
18. name of the Sun
19. name of Kāma-deva
20. name of the regent of the Karaṇa Catuṣ-pada
21. name of Indra in the 11th manvantara
22. name of a साध्य (sādhya)
23. name of one of स्कन्द (skanda)'s attendants
24. name of an asura (= वृषभ (vṛṣabha))
25. name of two sons of Krishna
26. name of कर्ण (karṇa)
27. name of a son of वृषसेन (vṛṣa-sena) and grandson of कर्ण (karṇa)
28. name of a Yādava and son of Madhu
29. name of a son of Sṛñjaya
30. name of an ancient king
31. name of one of the 10 horses of the Moon
32. name of various plants (Justicia vulgaris or Justicia adhatoda; Boerhavia procumbens or Boerhavia variegata; a species of bulbous plant growing on the हिमवत् (himavat) etc.)

वृष • (vṛṣa) stem, n

1. a woman's apartment
2. myrobalan
3. a peacock's plumage or tail

• Monier Williams (1899) “वृष”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1011.