senA [ si-na, saha inena praBuRA vA ; Uṇ. 3. 10 ] 1 An army; senA paricCadastasya dvayamevArTasADanaM R. 1. 19. 2 Army personified as the wife of Kārtikeya, the god of war; cf. devasenA . Comp. — agraM the van or front of an army. °gaH the leader or general of an army. — aMgaM a component part of an army; (these are four: - hastyaSvaraTapAdAtaM senAMgaM syAccatuzwayam ). — kalpaH an epithet of Śiva. — caraH 1 a soldier. 2 a camp-follower. — niveSaH the ( pb ) camp of an army; senAniveSaM tumulaM cakAra R. 5. 49. — nI m. 1 a leader of an army, commander, general; senAnInAmahaM skaMdaH Bg. 10. 24 ; Ku. 2. 51. 2 N. of Kārtikeya; aTEnamadrestanayA SuSoca senAnyamAlaQimivAsurAstrEH R. 2. 37. — patiH 1 a general. 2 N. of Śiva. 3 N. of Kārtikeya. — paricCad a. surrounded by an army; (in R. 1. 19 sekaparicCadaH is sometimes taken as one word and is interpreted in this way, but it is much better to take them as separate words). — pfzWaM the rear of an army. — BaMgaH the breaking of an army, complete rout, disorderly flight. — muKaM 1 a division of an army. 2 particularly, a division of an army consisting of three elephants, as many chariots, nine horse, and fifteen foot. 3 a mound in front of a city gate. — yogaH the equipment of an army. — rakzaH a guard, sentinel.