sāgara m. (ifc. f. ā

• fr. 2. sa-gara) the ocean (said to have been named so by Bhagiratha after his son Sagara [see 2. sa-gara, p. 1125]

• another legend asserts that the bed of the ocean was dug by the sons of Sagara ; 3 or 4 or 7 oceans are reckoned, 1,. sam-udra

• sāgarasya phenaḥ = samudraph○) Mn. MBh. &c

• an ocean (as expressing any vast body or inexhaustible mass

• often ifc., cf. guṇa-śoka-, saṃsāra-s○)

• a symbolical expression for the number, 'four' (like other words signifying 'ocean') Gaṇit

• a partic. high number (= 10 Padmas) Pur

• a sort of deer L

• N. of a serpent-demon, K2raṇḍ

• (with Jainas) of the third Arhat of the past Utsarpiṇī L

• of one of the 10 orders of mendicants traced back to disciples of Śaṃkarâcārya Cat

• of various persons HPariś

• of two authors and of a wk. on Dharma Cat

• of a place ib

• (pl.) the sons of Sagara MBh. R

• n. N. of a town Buddh

• mf(ī) n. relating to the sea, marine Hariv