siri

Sirī (siri)

feminine

  1. splendour, beauty Snp.686 (instr. siriyā); Ja.vi.318 (siriṃ dhāreti).
  2. luck, glory majesty, prosperity SN.i.44 (nom. siri); Ja.ii.410 (siriṃ) Ja.ii.466; DN-a.i.148; Vv-a.323 (instr. buddha-siriyā). rajjasirī-dāyikā devatā the goddess which gives prosperity to the kingdom Dhp-a.ii.17; sirī + lakkhī splendour & luck Ja.iii.443.
  3. the goddess of luck DN.i.11 (see Rh. D Buddhist India 216–222); DN-a.i.97; Ja.v.112; Mil.191 (˚devatā).
  4. the royal bed-chamber (= sirigabbha Ja.vi.383

assirī unfortunate Ne.62 = Ud.79 (reads sassar’iva). sassirīka (q.v.) resplendent Snp-a.91 sassirika Ja.v.177 (puṇṇa-canda˚); opp. nissirīka (a) without splendour Ja.vi.225, Ja.vi.456; (b) unlucky Vv-a.212 (for alakkhika)
■ The composition form is siri˚.

  • -gabbha bedroom Ja.i.228, Ja.i.266; Ja.iii.125; Ja.v.214.
  • -corabrāhmaṇa “a brahmin who stole good luck” Ja.ii.409 (cp. sirilakkhaṇa-˚).
  • -devatā goddess(es) of luck Mil.191 (+ kalidevatā).
  • -dhara glorious Mhvs.5, Mhvs.13.
  • -nigguṇḍi a kind of tree Ja.vi.535.
  • -vilāsa pomp and splendour Ja.iv.232.
  • -vivāda a bedchamber quarrel Ja.iii.20 (sayanakalaho ti pi vadanti yeva, C.).
  • -sayana a state couch, royal bed Ja.i.398; Ja.iii.264; Ja.vi.10; Dhp-a.ii.86; Pv-a.280.

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