feminine · sirī 1 · sirī 2
luck
luck; glory; wealth; splendor; the goddess of luck
Sirī (siri) (feminine) [Vedic śrī] 1. splendour, beauty Snp 686 (instrumental siriyā); Ja VI 318 (siriṃ dhāreti). 2. luck, glory, majesty, prosperity S I 44 (nominative siri); Ja II 410 (siriṃ), 466; Sv I 148; Vv-a 323 (instrumental Buddha-siriyā). rajjasirī-dāyikā devatā the goddess which gives prosperity to the kingdom Dhp-a II 17; sirī + lakkhī splendour and luck Ja III 443.3. the goddess of luck D I 11 (see Rh.D. Buddhist India 216-222); Sv I 97; Ja V 112; Miln 191 (°devatā). 4. the royal bed-chamber (= sirigabbha) Ja VI 383. — assirī unfortunate Nett 62 = Ud 79 (reads sassariva). sassirīka (q.v.) resplendent Pj II 91; sassirika Ja V 177 (puṇṇa-canda°); opposite nissirīka (a) without splendour Ja VI 225, 456; (b) unlucky Vv-a 212 (for alakkhika). — The composition form is siri-. -gabbha bedroom Ja I 228, 266; III 125; V 214; -cora -brāhmaṇa "a brahmin who stole good luck" Ja II 409 (cf. sirilakkhaṇa-°); -devatā goddess(es) of luck Miln 191 (+ kalidevatā); -dhara glorious Mhv 5, 13; -nigguṇḍi a kind of tree Ja VI 535; -vilāsa pomp and splendour Ja IV 232; -vivāda a bedchamber quarrel Ja III 20 (sayanakalaho ti pi vadanti yeva, commentary); -sayana a state couch, royal bed Ja I 398; III 264; VI 10; Dhp-a II 86; Pv-a 280.
(fem, fem) good luck; fortune; goddess of luck luck, goddess of luck
(masc, masc) name of a former king [lit.] fortune
(fem, fem) glory, wealth, splendour