śaśá m. a hare, rabbit, or antelope (the markings on the moon are supposed to resemble a hare or rabbit) RV. &c. &c. (for śaśasya vrata under karṣū, p. 260)

• a kind of meteor AV. v, 17, 4

• N. of a man born under a partic. constellation VarBṛS.

• a man of mild character and easily led (one of the four classes into which men are divided by erotic writers, the other three being aśva, mṛga and vṛṣan) L.

• the Lodhra tree, Symplocos Racemosa Kād.

• gum-myrrh L.

• N. of a part of Jambu-dviipa MW.

• (ī), f. N. of an Apsaras Kāraṇḍ. [Cf. accord. to some, Gk. ?

• [1060, 1] accord. to others, śaśa is for śasa and is connected with Germ. haso, ḥase ; Eng. hare.]