# लोमश (lomaśa)

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लोमश (lomaśa) is a Sanskrit word meaning hairy, woolly, shaggy, or bristly, consisting in sheep or other woolly animals, overgrown with grass, a ram or sheep, name of a rishi, of a cat. Its 38 recorded definitions are grouped into 14 contexts, among them Hairy, Woolly, or Shaggy, A Ram or Sheep, Lomaśa, a Sage (Ṛṣi).

- **Etymology:** E. लोम hair, श aff — E. loma hair, śa aff
- **SLP1:** `lomaSa`  **IAST:** lomaśa  **Devanagari:** लोमश
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lomasha
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/lomasha/declensions.md
- **Other headwords romanised the same way:** लोमाश (lomāśa), लोमशा (lomaśā)

## Meanings by context

### Hairy, Woolly, or Shaggy (12 definitions)
- hairy, woolly, shaggy, or bristly  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2) [Printed book page 908,2] लोमश (lomaśa) mf( आ (ā) )n. hairy, woolly, shaggy, bristly, covered or mixed with hair, made of hair, containing hair, Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa (Title) &c. &c. [ ID=183699 ]
- Hairy, woolly, shaggy  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > लोमश (lomaśa) [Printed book page 0935-a ] लोमश (lomaśa) a. [ लोमानि बाहुल्येन संत्यस्य श (lomāni bāhulyena saṃtyasya śa) ] 1 Hairy, woolly, shaggy
- Woollen  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > लोमश (lomaśa) [Printed book page 0935-a ] लोमश (lomaśa) a. [ लोमानि बाहुल्येन संत्यस्य श (lomāni bāhulyena saṃtyasya śa) ] 2 Woollen
- Containing hair  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > लोमश (lomaśa) [Printed book page 0935-a ] लोमश (lomaśa) a. [ लोमानि बाहुल्येन संत्यस्य श (lomāni bāhulyena saṃtyasya śa) ] 3 Containing hair
- hairy, woolly, shaggy  
  *Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > लोमश (lomaśa) [Printed book page 265-2 ] लोमश (lomaśa) loma-śá, a. hairy, woolly, shaggy. [ ID=15696 ]
- 1. Hairy or woollen. 2. A ram. 3. The name of a sage. 4. A fox. 5. Various plants including Bonduc, Indian spikenard, cowach, Mahameda, and Sida cordifolia. 6. An attendant of Durga. 7. Green vitriol. 8. Orris root.  
  *Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > लोम (loma) श (śa) (lomaśa) [Printed book page 725 ] लोम (loma) श (śa) (lomaśa) mfn. ( - श (śa) ः (-śaḥ)- श (śa) ा (-śā)- श (śa) ं (-śaḥ-śā-śaṃ) ) 1 Hairy, covered with or made of hair. 2 Woollen. m. ( - श (śa) ः (-śaḥ) ) 1 A ram. 2 The name of a Ṛṣi celebrated in the Mahābhārata. f. ( - श (śa) ा (-śā) ) 1 A fox. 2 A sort of Bonduc. 3 A plant, ( Leea hirta.) 4 Indian spikenard, ( Valeriana jatamansi.) 5 Cowach, ( Carpopogon pruriens ) 6 A medicinal plant, commonly Mahāmeda. 7 Sida cordifolia. 8 A female demi-divine being, an attendant on DURGĀ, one of the Śākinīs. 9 Green vitriol. 10 Orris root. E. लोम (loma) hair or down, श (śa) aff. [ ID=33155 ]
- 1. Hairy or woollen. 2. A ram or a celebrated sage. 3. A fox, green vitriol, orris root, a demigoddess, a Shakini, or the name of several plants.  
  *Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > लोमश (lomaśa) [Printed book page 648-b ] लोमश (lomaśa) ( शः - शा - शं ) ((śaḥ-śā-śaṃ)) a. Hairy, woollen. m. A ram; a celebrated sage. f. A fox; name of several plants; a demigoddess, a Shākinī; green vitriol; orris root. [ ID=32738 ]
- 1. Woolly or hairy. 2. Woollen.  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > लोमश (lomaśa) [Printed book page 631-25 ] लोमश (lomaśa) (I) a. (f. शा (śā) ) 1. Woolly, hairy; 2. woollen. [ ID=33020 ]
- 1. Hairy, woollen, or covered with hair. 2. A ram or a sage. 3. A fox, ape, green vitriol, orris root, and various plants including spikenard and cowach, as well as an attendant of Durga.  
  *Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > लोम (loma) श (śa) (lomaśa) [Printed book page 622-a ] लोम (loma) श (śa) (lomaśa) mfn. ( - श (śa) ः (-śaḥ)- श (śa) ा (-śā)- श (śa) ं (-śaḥ-śā-śaṃ) ) 1. Hairy, covered with or made of hair. 2. Woollen. m. ( - श (śa) ः (-śaḥ) ) 1. A ram. 2. The name of a Rishi celebrated in the Mahābhārata. f. ( - श (śa) ा (-śā) ) 1. A fox. 2. A sort of Bonduc. 3. A plant, (Leea hirta.) 4. Indian spikenard, (Valerianā jatāmānsi.) 5. Cowach, (Carpopogon pruriens.) 6. A medicinal plant, commonly Mahā-meda. 7. Sida cordifolia. 8. A female demi-divine being, an attendant on DURGĀ, one of the Sākinīs. 9. Green vitriol. 10. Orris root. 11. An ape. E. लोम (loma) hair, श (śa) aff. [ ID=34613 ]
- 1. Hairy or woollen. 2. A ram or a sage. 3. A fox, an attendant on Durga, green vitriol, or certain plants.  
  *Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > लोमश (lomaśa) [Printed book page 0802-b ] लोमश (lomaśa) lomaśa, i. e. loman + śa, I. adj. 1. Hairy, mixed with hair, Lass. 2. ed. 40, 24. 2. Woollen. II. m. 1. A ram. 2. The name of a Ṛṣi. III. f. śā. 1. A fox. 2. A female divine being, an attendant on Durgā. 3. Green vitriol. 4. The name of several plants. — Comp. Haṃsa-, n. sulphate of iron. [ ID=12526 ]
- hairy  
  *Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > लोमश (lomaśa) [Printed book page 466 ] लोमश (lomaśa) a. the same. [ ID=27792 ]
- 1. Hairy, woolly, or covered with hair. 2. A ram or sheep. 3. The name of a sage and a cat. 4. A fox, female jackal, or ape. 5. Green vitriol. 6. The name of various plants. 7. A female divinity attending Durga. 8. A kind of meter.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872)*
  > लोमश (lomaśa) [Printed book page 0873-c ] Lomaśa, as, ā, am, hairy, woolly, downy, shaggy, bristly, covered with hair &c., made of hair, mixed with hair; containing hair; consisting in sheep or other woolly animals (as property &c.); woollen; overgrown with grass &c. ( as ), m. a ram, sheep; N. of a Ṛṣi; of a cat (in Mahā-bh. Śānti-p. 4934); ( ā ), f. a fox; a female jackal ( = śṛgālī ); an ape; green vitriol; N. of various plants, Nardostachys Jatamansi; Leea Hirta; Carpopogon Pruriens; Sida Cordifolia; Sida Rhombifolia; orris root ( = vacā ); Cucumis Utilissimus; = gandha-māṃsī; = śaṇa- puṣpī; N. of a Śākinī or female divinity of an inferior class; an attendant on Durgā; ( am ), n. a kind of metre. —Lomaśa-karṇa, as, m. a species of animal living in holes. —Lomaśa-kāṇḍā, f. Cu- cumis Utilissimus. —Lomaśa-parṇinī, f. Glycine Debilis. —Lomaśa-puṣpaka, as, m. Acacia Sirissa. —Lomaśa-mārjāra, as, m. the civet cat. —Lo- maśa-vakṣaṇa, as, ā, am, Ved. covered with hair on the breast or body. —Lomaśa-saktha, as, ā, am, or lomaśa-sakthi, is, is, i, Ved. having hair or bristles on the thighs or hind feet; (according to Mahī-dhara on Vājasaneyi-s. 24, 1 = bahu-roma- pucchika ), having a hairy tail. [ ID=40740 ]

### A Ram or Sheep (3 definitions)
- a ram or sheep  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > लोमश (lomaśa) m. a ram, sheep, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=183702 ]
- A sheep or ram.  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — शः (śaḥ) A sheep, ram
- A sheep  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > लोमश (lomaśa) (II) n. A sheep. [ ID=33021 ]

### Lomaśa, a Sage (Ṛṣi) (3 definitions)
- Name of a rishi  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a Ṛṣi, Mahābhārata (Title) [ ID=183703 ]
- a rishi  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > लोमश (lomaśa) [Printed book page 448-1 ] Lomaśa 1, a ṛṣi. § 11 (Parvasaṅgr.): I, 2, 437, 438.— § 327 (Draupadīparitāpav.): III, 31, 1171.—§ 339 (Indra- lokābhigamanap.): III, 47, 1879 ( maharṣiḥ, saw Arjuna in the abode of Indra), 1884, 1910 (is ordered by Indra to accompany the Pāṇḍavas on their tīrthayātrā), 1912.—§ 376 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 85, 8266 ( maharṣiḥ, do.).—§ 378 (do.): III, 91, 8407 ( ṛṣiḥ, came to the Pāṇḍavas), 8431 ( maharṣiḥ ), 92, (8432); 8449, 8457; 93, 8459 ( ṛṣiṇā ), 8471, 8472, 8474, 8482; 94, 8488, (8489).—§ 382 (Tīrtha- yātrāp., Agastyop.): III, 96, 8541 ( L. accompanied the Pāṇḍavas and pointed out to them the different tīrthas, and told their various legends), (8543); 97, (8570); 98, (8595), (8599), (8604), (8610), (8614); 98, (8615).—§ 383 (do., Paraśurāma): III, 99, (8649), 8654, (8656), (8670). —§ 384 (do., Agastyop.): III, 100, (8690); 101, (8714); 102, (8737).—§ 385 (do., Vindhya): III, 104, (8782).— § 386 (do., Agastyop.): III, 105, (8805); 106, (8825).— § 387 (do., Sagara): III, 106, (8831); 107, (8849). —§ 388 (do., Asamañjas): III, 107, (8888).—§ 389 (do., Gaṅgāvataraṇa): III, 108, (9920), (9940); 109, (9947). —§ 390 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 110, 9974, (9974), (9989).— § 391 (do., Ṛṣyaśṛṅga): III, 110, (9999); 111, (10027), (10040).—§ 392 (do., Mahendrācalagamana): III, 114, (10098), 10108, (10110).—§ 393 (do., Paraśurāma): III, 115, 10126.—§ 400 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 118, †10229.— § 402 (do.): III, 120, †10289.—§ 403 (do.): III, 121, (10291).—§ 404 (do.): III, 121, 10307 ( ṛṣiḥ ), (10309).—§ 405 (Tīrthayātrāp., Sukanyop.): III, 122, (10316), (10341); 123, (10345); 124, (10371), (10383); 125, (10396).—§ 407 (do., Māndhātrup.): III, 126, (10426), 10469 ( maharṣiṃ ).—§ 408 (do., Jantūp.): III, 127, (10471); 128, (10492), (10508).—§ 409 (do., Plak- ṣāvataraṇag.): III, 129, (10513), 10531, (10532).— § 410 (do., do.): III, 130, (10536).—§ 411 (Tīrtha- yātrāp., Śyenakapotīya): III, 131, (10587).—§ 412 (do., Page448-b+ 63 Aṣṭāvakrīya): III, 132, 10603, (10603); 134, (†10657), (†10670), (10682), (†10687).—§ 413 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 135, (10692).—§ 414 (do., Yavakrītop.): III, 135, (10703), (10714), (10720), (10732).—§ 416 (do., do.): III, 135, (10751); 136, (10752); 137, (10772), (10790).—§ 417 (do., do.): III, 138, (10791), (10801), (10804), (10809), (10818).— § 418 (Tīrthayātrāp.): III, 139, (10820), †10837.—§ 419 (do., Gandhamādanapr.): III, 140, 10845, (10861).—§ 421 (do., do.): III, 142, (10899), 10909.—§ 422 (do., do.): III, 142, 10912.—§ 422 bis (do., Varāhāvatāra): III, 142, 10932, (10961).—§ 423 (Tīrthayātrāp., Gandhamādanapr.): III, 143, 10978; 145, 11022.—§ 433 (do., Saugandhikā- haraṇa): III, 155, 11417, 11426 ( maharṣiṃ ).—§ 434 (do., do.): III, 156, 11440.—§ 435 (Jaṭāsuravadhap.): III, 157, 11458 ( °prabhṛtīn…maharṣīn ).—§ 436 (Yakṣayuddhap.): III, 158, 11537, 11558 ( mahān ṛṣiḥ ). —§ 437 (do.): III, 160, 11671.—§ 448 (Ājagarap.): III, 176, 12337 (took his leave from the Pāṇḍavas and went to heaven).—§ 546 (Kuṇḍalāharaṇap.): III, 300, 16919.— § 620 (Śrāddhap.): XI, 26, 776 ( Devarṣiḥ, had given spiritual vision— divyaṃ cakṣuḥ —to Yudhiṣṭhira).—§ 637 (Rājadh.): XII, 47 η, 1594 (among the ṛṣis who sur- rounded Bhīṣma on his arrow-bed).—§ 766 (Ānuśāsanik.): XIII, 129, (6087).—§ 770 (do.): XIII, 151 κ, 7121.— § 775 (do.): XIII, 166 ζ, 7672 (one of the ṛṣis of the north). Cf. Brahmarṣi, Devarṣi. [ ID=6570 ]
- the Suta who performed tapas successfully in the Mundaprishta hill of Gaya and called all the major rivers of India to that place  
  *The Purana Index*
  > लोमश (lomaśa) [Printed book page 3-128 ] Lomaśa — the Sūta; performed tapas with success in the Muṇḍapṛṣṭa hill of Gayā; called to that place all the mahā- nadīs of India — Śarāvadī to Carmavatī. Vā. 26. 5; 108. 77-81. [ ID=12013 ]

### Various Plants or Plant Parts (3 definitions)
- the name of a particular plant or its root  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > लोमश (lomaśa) m. or n. N. of a partic. plant or its root, Carakasaṃhitā (Title) [ ID=183704.1 ]
- various plants  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of various plants ( Nardostachys Jatamansi; Leea Hirta; Carpopogon Pruriens &c.) [ ID=183708 ]
- spikenard  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2B) [Printed book page 908,2] लोमशी (lomaśī) ( ई (ī) ), f. spikenard, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=183711 ]

### A Female Jackal (2 definitions)
- a female jackal  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > a female jackal [ ID=183706 ]
- A female jackal  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — शा (śā) 2 A female jackal

### A Fox (2 definitions)
- a fox  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2B) [Printed book page 908,2] लोमशा (lomaśā) ( आ (ā) ), f. (only Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) ) a fox [ ID=183705 ]
- A fox  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — शा (śā) 1 A fox

### An Ape (2 definitions)
- an ape  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > an ape [ ID=183707 ]
- An ape  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — शा (śā) 3 An ape

### Green Vitriol (2 definitions)
- green vitriol  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > green vitriol, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=183709 ]
- Green vitriol  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > — शा (śā) 4 Green vitriol

### Lomaśa, a Cat Character (2 definitions)
- of a cat  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > of a cat, in the same place [Cologne Addition] (Title) [ ID=183704 ]
- name of a cat  
  *Index to the Names in the Mahabharata*
  > [Printed book page 448-2 ] Lomaśa 2, name of a cat. § 646 b (Mārjāramūṣikasaṃv.): XII, 138, 4934 ( mārjāraḥ ), 4978, 4987, 5010, 5012, 5025, 5026, 5034, 5036, 5047, 5086, (5096). [ ID=6571 ]

### Overgrown with Grass (2 definitions)
- overgrown with grass  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > overgrown with grass, Kāṭhaka (Literary category); Gṛhya-sūtra and Śrauta-sūtra (Literary category) [ ID=183701 ]
- Overgrown with grass  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > लोमश (lomaśa) [Printed book page 0935-a ] लोमश (lomaśa) a. [ लोमानि बाहुल्येन संत्यस्य श (lomāni bāhulyena saṃtyasya śa) ] 5 Overgrown with grass

### Property in Woolly Animals (2 definitions)
- consisting in sheep or other woolly animals  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > consisting in sheep or other woolly animals (as property), Taittirīya-upaniṣad (Title) [ ID=183700 ]
- Consisting in sheep  
  *Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > लोमश (lomaśa) [Printed book page 0935-a ] लोमश (lomaśa) a. [ लोमानि बाहुल्येन संत्यस्य श (lomāni bāhulyena saṃtyasya śa) ] 4 Consisting in sheep (as property)

### A Kind of Metre (1 definition)
- a kind of metre  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H2B) [Printed book page 908,2] लोमश (lomaśa) n. a kind of metre, Mādhava-nidāna (Title) [ ID=183713 ]

### A Śākinī (Attendant of Durgā) (1 definition)
- An epithet of a Shakini, a female attendant of Durga.  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > N. of a Śākinī or female attendant of Durgā, Lexicographers, esp. such as Amarasiṃha, Halāyudha, Hemacandra, etc. (Author) [ ID=183710 ]

### Reference to Lomaśa-śikṣā (1 definition)
- lomasha-shiksha  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (with or scil. शिक्षा (śikṣā) ) = लोमश - शिक्षा (śikṣā) (lomaśa-śikṣā) [ ID=183712 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Index to the Names in the Mahabharata; Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1872); Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary; The Purana Index; Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Wilson Sanskrit-English Dictionary; Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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