शिफा /śiphā/ f.
1) корень (тонкий)
2) прут, хворостина

	sg.	du.	pl.
Nom.	śiphā	śiphe	śiphāḥ
Gen.	śiphāyāḥ	śiphayoḥ	śiphānām
Dat.	śiphāyai	śiphābhyām	śiphābhyaḥ
Instr.	śiphayā	śiphābhyām	śiphābhiḥ
Acc.	śiphām	śiphe	śiphāḥ
Abl.	śiphāyāḥ	śiphābhyām	śiphābhyaḥ
Loc.	śiphāyām	śiphayoḥ	śiphāsu
Voc.	śiphe	śiphe	śiphāḥ

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
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 शिफा [ śiphā ] [ śí phā ] f. a fibrous or flexible root (used for making whips ) Lit. Mn. ix , 230

  a lash or stroke with a whip or rod Lit. ib. viii , 369

  N. of a river Lit. RV. ( Lit. L. also " a branch ; a river ; a mother ; a tuft of hair on the crown of the head ; the root of a water-lily ; spikenard ; turmeric ; a sort of dill or fennel " ) .

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