śārdūlá m. (of unknown derivation) a tiger VS. &c. &c

• a lion L.

• a panther, leopard L.

• the fabulous animal Śarabha L.

• a kind of bird L.

• any eminent person, best, excellent, pre-eminent (ifc

• cf. vyāghra) MBh. Kāv. &c

• Plumbago Zeylanica L.

• N. of two metres (cf. below) Col.

• of a Rākshasa R.

• pl. N. of a Śākhā or school of the Yajur-veda

• (ī), f. a tigress (also the mythical mother of tigers and other beasts of prey) MBh. R.