m. (in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound'f(ā-).;fr. 2. sa-gara-) the ocean (said to have been named so by bhagīratha- after his son sagara- [see 2. sa-gara-,p.1125];another legend asserts that the bed of the ocean was dug by the sons of sagara-; 3 or 4 or 7 oceans are reckoned see 1, sam-udra-; sāgarasya phenaḥ-equalssamudraph-) etc.
सागरः [सागरेण निर्वृत्तः अण्] 1 The ocean, sea; सागरः सागरोपमः; (fig. also); दयासागर, विद्यासागर &c.; cf. सगर. -2 The number 'four' or 'seven'. -3 A kind of deer. -4 N. of Bhagīratha; शंकरस्य जटाजूटाद् भ्रष्टां सागरतेजसा Rām.2.5.25. -Comp. -अनुकूल a. situated along the seacoast. -अन्त a. bounded by the sea, sea-girt. -अम्बरा, नेमिः, मेखला the earth. -आलयः N. of Varuṇa. -आवर्तः an island or bay of the sea; स मया सागरावर्ते दृष्ट आसीत् परीप्सता Mb.3.14.19 (com. सागरस्य आसमन्तादूर्तो वर्तनं यस्मिन् सागरद्वीपे इत्यर्थः) -उत्थम् sea-salt. -गमा, -गा 1 a river; दिवि वा सागरगमास्तेन वो मानयाम्यहम् Mb.13.146. 23. -2 the Ganges. -गामिनी a river. -नेमिः (मी) the earth. -प्लवनम् navigating (the ocean). -मेखला the earth. -सुता N. of Lakṣmī; मनोवृत्तिस्तार्क्ष्यो मतिरिय- मयो सागरसुता Viṣṇu-mahimna S.24. -सूनुः the moon.
m. [sagara; according to the legend the basin dug out by the sons of Saga ra and filled by Bhagîratha with the waters of the Ganges], ocean, sea (often used fig. --°ree; to express vastness, inexhaustibility, pro fundity, danger): pl. sons of Sagara; sg. N. of various men: -gâmin, a. flowing to the sea; -m-gama, a. id.; -datta, m. N.; -dhîra- ketas, a. having a mind steadfast as the sea; -pura, n. N. of a town; -vîra, m. N.; -saya, a. resting on the ocean; m. ep. of Vishnu; -sukti, f. sea-shell; -½anta, m. sea-coast; a. ending at the ocean, sea-girt (earth); -½am bara, a. sea-clad (earth): â, f. earth; -½âvar ta, m. bay of the sea.
noun (masculine) a particular high number (10 Padmas) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a sort of deer (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
a symbolical expression for the number four (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
an ocean (as expressing any vast body or inexhaustible mass) (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a serpent-demon (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
the descendants of Sagara
the ocean (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
noun (masculine) name of a king of the Gandharvas (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of a merchant (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
name of various other men (Monier-Williams, Sir M. (1988))
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