# शृङ्ग
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* শৃঙ্গ (Assamese script)
* ᬰᬺᬗ᭄ᬕ (Balinese script)
* শৃঙ্গ (Bengali script)
* 𑰫𑰴𑰒𑰿𑰐 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀰𑀾𑀗𑁆𑀕 (Brahmi script)
* ၐၖင်္ဂ (Burmese script)
* શૃઙ્ગ (Gujarati script)
* ਸ਼੍ਰਙ੍ਗ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌶𑍃𑌙𑍍𑌗 (Grantha script)
* ꦯꦽꦔ꧀ꦒ (Javanese script)
* 𑂬𑃂𑂑𑂹𑂏 (Kaithi script)
* ಶೃಙ್ಗ (Kannada script)
* ឝ្ឫង្គ (Khmer script)
* ຨ຺ຣິງ຺ຄ (Lao script)
* ശൃങ്ഗ (Malayalam script)
* ᡧᡵᡳᢛᡤᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘫𑘵𑘒𑘿𑘐 (Modi script)
* ᠱᠷᠢᢊᠺᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧋𑧖𑦲𑧠𑦰 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐱𑐺𑐒𑑂𑐐 (Newa script)
* ଶୃଙ୍ଗ (Odia script)
* ꢯꢺꢖ꣄ꢔ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆯𑆸𑆕𑇀𑆓 (Sharada script)
* 𑖫𑖴𑖒𑖿𑖐 (Siddham script)
* ශෘඞ‍්ග (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩿𑩙𑩠 𑪙𑩞 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚧𑚎𑚶𑚌 (Takri script)
* ஶ்ரிங்க³ (Tamil script)
* శృఙ్గ (Telugu script)
* ศฺฤงฺค (Thai script)
* ཤྲྀ་ངྒ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒬𑒵𑒓𑓂𑒑 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨮𑨼𑨉𑨏𑩇𑨍 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“head, horn”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic сръна (srŭna, “roedeer”), Hittite [script needed] (surna, “horn”), Latin cornū, Old English horn (whence English horn).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɕŕ̩ŋ.ɡɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ɕr̩ŋ.ɡɐ/

### Noun

शृङ्ग • (śṛ́ṅga) stem, n
* the horn of an animal
** c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 4.58.3:च॒त्वारि॒ शृङ्गा॒ त्रयो॑ अस्य॒ पादा॒ द्वे शी॒र्षे स॒प्त हस्ता॑सो अस्य । त्रिधा॑ ब॒द्धो वृ॑ष॒भो रो॑रवीति म॒हो दे॒वो मर्त्याँ॒ आ वि॑वेश ॥catvā́ri śṛ́ṅgā tráyo asya pā́dā dvé śīrṣé saptá hástāso asya. trídhā baddhó vṛṣabhó roravīti mahó devó mártyām̐ ā́ viveśa.Four are his horns, three are the feet that bear him; his heads are two, his hands are seven in number. Bound thrice, the Steer roars loudly: the mighty God hath entered in to mortals.
* the tusk of an elephant
* the top or summit of a mountain, a peak, crag
* the summit of a building, pinnacle, turret
* any peak or projection or lofty object, elevation, point, end, extremity
* a cusp or horn of the moon
* highest point, acme, height or perfection of anything

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Derived terms

* शार्ङ्ग (śārṅga)
* शृङ्गार (śṛṅgāra)
* शृङ्गिन् (śṛṅgín)
* शृङ्गगिरि (śṛṅgagiri) or शृङ्गेरि (śṛṅgeri)

#### Descendants

* Pali: siṅga
* Ashokan Prakrit:
** Magadhi Prakrit:
*** Assamese: শিং (xiṅ)
*** Bengali: শিং (śiṅ), শিঙা (śiṅa)
*** Odia: ଶିଙ (śiṅa), ଶିଙ୍ଗ (śiṅga)
*** Sylheti: ꠢꠤꠋ (hiṅ)
** Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕 (siṃga), 𑀲𑀁𑀕 (saṃga)
*** Bengali: সিংএ (śiṅe)
*** Old Marathi:
    Devanagari script: सिंग (siṃga)
    Modi script: 𑘭𑘱𑘽𑘐 (siṃga)
**** Marathi: शिंग (śiṅga)
*** Romani: śing, shing (Anglicized), šing (Pan-Vlax)
*** Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
**** Hindustani:
    Hindi: सींग (sīṅg)
    Urdu: سینگ (sīṅg)
** Paisaci Prakrit:
*** Takka Apabhramsa:
**** Punjabi: ਸਿੰਗ (siṅg), سنگ (siṅg)
* → Hindi: शृंग (śŕṅg) (learned)
* → Kannada: ಶೃಂಗ (śṛṅga)
* → Telugu: శృంగము (śr̥ṅgamu)
* → Thai: ศฤงค์

### Noun

शृङ्ग • (śṛṅga) stem, m
* a kind of medicinal or poisonous plant
* name of a मुनि (of whom, in some parts of India, on occasions of drought, earthen images are said to be made and worshipped for rain)

#### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “शृङ्ग”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1087, column 1.
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 653
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śŕ̊ṅga”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press