शश [ śaśa ] [ śaśá ] m. a hare , rabbit , or antelope (the markings on the moon are supposed to resemble a hare or rabbit) Lit. RV. (for [ śaśasya vrata ] see under [ karṣū ] , p.260)

  a kind of meteor Lit. AV. v , 17 , 4

  N. of a man born under a partic. constellation Lit. 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 ] ) Lit. L.

  the Lodhra tree , Symplocos Racemosa Lit. Kād.

  gum-myrrh Lit. L.

  N. of a part of Jambu-dvīpa Lit. MW.

  [ śaśī ] f. N. of an Apsaras Lit. Kāraṇḍ. ( cf. accord. to some , Gk. 1 ; accord. to others , [ śaśa ] is for [ śasa ] and is connected with Germ. (haso) , (Hase) ; Eng. (hare) . )