śīghra mf(ā)n. (of doubtful derivation) quick, speedy, swift, rapid (ám and eṇa ind. quickly, rapidly, fast) VS. MBh. Kāv. &c

• m. N. of a son of Agni-varṇa Hariv. Pur.

• N. of Vāyu, the wind L.

• (ā), f. Croton Polyandrum or Tiglium L.

• N. of a river MBh.

• n. (in astron.) conjunction (accord. to other 'parallax')

• the √of Andropogon Muricatus L.

• = cakrâṅga L.

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William