Sara¹

1. the reed Saccharum sara Mil.342.
2. an arrow (orig. made of that reed) DN.i.9; Dhp.304; Mil.396; Dhp-a.216 (visa-pīta).

• -tuṇḍa a beak as sharp as an arrow Dhp-a.iii.32
• -daṇḍaka shaft of an arrow Dhp-a.ii.141.
• -bhaṅga arrow-breaking Vism.411 (in comp.).

cp. Vedic śara

Sara²

adjective noun

1. going, moving, following Snp.3, Snp.901
2. fluid, flow Ja.i.359 (pūti˚).

fr. sarati¹

Sara²

masculine neuter a lake Ja.i.221; Ja.ii.10; Ja.vi.518 (Mucalinda); there are seven great lakes (mahā-sarā viz. Anotatta, Sīhapapāta, Rathakāra, Kaṇṇamuṇḍa Kuṇāla, Chaddanta, Mandākini) AN.iv.101; DN.i.54; Ja.ii.92; DN-a.i.164, DN-a.i.283; aṇṇava˚; the ocean DN.ii.89 cp. AN.ii.55; loc. sare Ja.ii.80; sarasmiṃ Snp.1092; sarasi Mhvs.10, Mhvs.7; jātassara a natural lake Ja.i.472 sq.

Vedic saras

Sara⁴

adjective remembering MN.i.453; AN.ii.21; DN-a.i.106. -saṅkappa mindfulness and aspiration MN.i.453; MN.iii.132; SN.iv.76, SN.iv.137, SN.iv.190; Ne.16.

fr. sarati²

Sara⁵

sound, voice, intonation, accent Vin.ii.108; DN.ii.24 sq. AN.i.227; Pv.ii.12#4 (of birds’ singing = abhiruda C.) Ja.ii.109; Snp.610 (+ vaṇṇa, which is doubtful here whether “complexion” or “speech,” preferably the former); Dhs-a.17; eight qualities DN.ii.211, DN.ii.227; gītāssara song Vin.ii.108; bindussara a sweet voice Snp.350 adj. Ja.ii.439; sīhassara with a voice like a lion’s Ja.v.296 Ja.v.311 (said of a prince). Cp. vissara
■ In combination with vaṇṇa (vowel) at AN.iv.307; Mil.340.

• -kutti [= kḷpti; can we compare BSk. svaragupti “depth of voice” Divy.222?] intonation, resonance timbre, melodiousness of voice Vin.ii.108 = AN.iii.251; Ja.vi.293 (Kern, “enamoured behaviour” [?]); Dhs-a.16. Cp. Vin. Texts iii.72.
• -bhañña intoning, a particular mode of reciting Vin.i.196; Vin.ii.108, Vin.ii.316; Ja.ii.109; Dhp-a.i.154.
• -bhāṇa = ˚bhañña Dhp-a.ii.95 (variant reading ˚bhañña).
• -bhāṇaka an intoner, one who intones or recites the sacred texts in the Sarabhañña manner Vin.ii.300.
• -sara an imitative word; sarasaraṃ karoti to make the noise sarasara MN.i.128.

Vedic svara, svar, cp. Lat. su-surrus, Ger. surren