Astra, Ashtra, Aṣṭrā, Āṣṭra, Āstra: 21 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Aṣṭrā and Āṣṭra can be transliterated into English as Astra or Ashtra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchAṣṭrā (अष्ट्रा):—
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Astra (अस्त्र):—(von 2. as) n. [Die Uṇādi-Affixe 4, 160] (astra). [Siddhāntakaumudī.249], b, [3.] Wurfwaffe, Geschoss, Pfeil; auch Bogen: ā.i.ya eṣāma.traṃ vi nāśayatu [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 11, 10, 16.] dhanurgṛhītvaupaniṣadaṃ mahāstraṃ śaraṃ hyupāsāniśitaṃ saṃdhīyata [Muṇḍakopaniṣad 2, 2, 3.] astrāṇi mumoca [Viśvāmitra’s Kampf 4, 23.] astramupasaṃharan [Śākuntala 94, 20.] astropasaṃhāramantra [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 909.] astraṃ śaradhiṃ punaste praviṣṭam [Vikramorvaśī 18.] prayuktamapyastram [Raghuvaṃśa 2, 34.] prahitāstravṛṣṭibhiḥ [3, 58.] tasminnāsthadīṣikāstram [12, 23.] pratyāhatāstra adj. [2, 41.] mahendrāstrapracoditaiḥ -śaravarṣaiḥ [Arjunasamāgama 8, 2.] gāṇḍīvāstrapranunnāṃstāṃgatāsūn [Mahābhārata 3, 12253.] iṣvastrameṣāṃ (kṣattriyāṇāṃ) devatvam [17337.] aśikṣatāstraṃ pitureva [Raghuvaṃśa 3, 31.] astraśastrāṇi [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 23, 14.] śastrāstrabhṛttvaṃ kṣatrasya [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 10, 79.] puṣpāṇyasyeṣucāpāstrāṇi [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 228.] mumoca taṃ dāruṇamastrabandham [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 44, 13. 15.] astragrāma [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1414.] astrabhṛt [Rāmāyaṇa 5, 43, 2.] [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 2, 62.] astravid, astramantra [Raghuvaṃśa 5, 59.] kṛtāstra mit der Wurfwaffe vertraut [Mahābhārata 3, 228. 14833.] [Rāmāyaṇa 3, 4, 28.] kṛtāstratā [Mahābhārata 1, 5156.] — Waffe [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 2, 50. 3, 4, 4, 28.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 773.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 394.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 5.] Bogen [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 775.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] Schwert (karabāla) [Medinīkoṣa] tatra muktamastramucyate muktaṃ śastramityucyate [Madhusūdanasarasvatī’s Prasthānabheda] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 21, 18.]
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Āṣṭra (आष्ट्र):—n. Luft, Aether [Die Uṇādi-Affixe 4, 161.]
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Astra (अस्त्र):—m. [Harivaṃśa 10703] (der Halbvers fehlt in der neueren Ausg.). [Rāmāyaṇa ed. Bomb. 1, 21, 11.] [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 299.] n. Bez. eines best. Spruches aus einem für heilig gehaltenen Buche, den man vor dem Beginn des Lesens dieses Buches hersagt, [Oxforder Handschriften.4,a, No. 28.] Bez. eines best. beim Anzünden des Feuers gesprochenen Spruches [105,a,34.b,3.] Bez. der mystischen Silbe phaṭ [97,a,1.] [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 310. fg.] mantra Bez. eines best. Spruches bei den Maga [Oxforder Handschriften 33,b,7.]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer FassungAṣṭrā (अष्ट्रा):—f. Stachel zum Antreiben des Viehes (das Zeichen des Ackerbauers).
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Astra (अस्त्र):—n. (selten m.) —
1) Wurfwaffe , Geschoss , Pfeil ; auch Bogen. —
2) ein best. Spruch aus einem für heilig gehaltenen Buche , den man vor dem Beginn des Lesens dieses Buches hersagt. —
3) ein best. beim Anzünden des Feuers gesprochener Spruch. —
4) Bez. der mystischen Silbe phaṭ.
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Āṣṭra (आष्ट्र):——
1) *n. Luftraum. —
2) f. ā = āṣṭrā [Kāṭhaka (weber) 37,1.] —
3) f. ī Küche , Feuerplatz.
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