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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger WörterbuchŚastra (शस्त्र):—1. (von śaṃs) [Uṇādisūtra 4, 163.] n. Anruf, Lob; so heisst im Ritual der Satz oder die Strophenreihe, welche die Recitation des Hotar und seiner Gehilfen (s. 1. śastrin) bilden, zur Begleitung der Graha bei der Soma-Libation. Sie folgen auf das Stotra des Udgātar und heissen, für den Hotar, am Morgen ājya und prauga, am Mittag marutvatīya und niṣkevalya, bei der dritten Spende vaiśvadeva und āgnimāruta . [Weber’s Indische Studien 10, 353.] [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 19, 25. 28.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 2, 37. 3, 4. 4, 12. 6, 30. 8, 1.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4, 2, 4, 20. 3, 2, 3. 5, 1, 3, 4.] etattrayaṃ saha kriyate grahaḥ stotraṃ śastram [8, 1, 3, 4. 10, 3, 5, 2. 13, 5, 1, 2. 3, 10.] tadvai śastraṃ samṛddhaṃ yatstomena saṃpadyate [Śāṅkhāyana’s Brāhmaṇa 19, 8.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 3, 2, 7, 2.] [Kāṭhaka-Recension 29, 2.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 9, 1, 8. 14, 8, 11. 13. 19, 2. 22, 24.] [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 1, 2, 23. 26. 5, 9, 2. 4. 10. 27. 10, 1. 18, 2.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 9, 13, 34.] śastrānte grahaṃ juhoti [19, 5, 8.] [Yāska’s Nirukta 7, 23.] [Kauṣītakyupaniṣad 2, 6] (nach [] Waffe). aśastrā devatā yatra saśastrāścāhavaṃ vinā . kalpyante manujairarcyāḥ [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 50, 93.] das Recitiren [Śāṅkhāyana’s Brāhmaṇa 26, 8.] [ŚR. 8, 7, 19. 17, 8, 13. 18, 23, 10.] nṛśastra Variation zu narāśaṃsa [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 3, 6, 2, 1.] — Vgl. acchāvāka .
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Śastra (शस्त्र):—2. (von 1. śas) [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 3, 2, 182.] [UJJVAL.] zu [Uṇādisūtra 4, 158.]
1) m. Schwert [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 8, 54.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 145.] —
2) f. śastrī [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 2, 2, Scholiast] Messer, Dolch [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 2, 60.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 784.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 460. fg.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 88.] [Spr. (II) 2391.] śastrīśyāma [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher 6, 2, 2, Scholiast] [Śiśupālavadha 4, 44.] —
3) n. a) ein schneidendes Werkzeug: Messer, Schwert; Mordwaffe überh. [Amarakoṣa 2, 8, 2, 50. 3, 4, 25, 181.] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 8, 50.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 773.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha 2, 307. 321.] tatra muktamastramucyate amuktaṃ śastramityucyate [Madhusūdanasarasvatī’s Prasthānabheda] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 1, 21, 18.] viśeṣāḥ [23. fg.] [ĀŚV. GṚHY. 1, 12, 5.] [Kauśika’s Sūtra zum Atuarvaveda 44. 92.] ye śastramupajīvanti [Āpastamba 1, 18, 19.] takṣṇaḥ Schnitzmesser [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 6, 6, 4, 4.] rūpakāro pi śastreṇa krīḍayaivollilekha tām [Kathāsaritsāgara 37, 9.] [Suśruta 1, 15, 8. 26, 11.] yukti [6.] nipāta [18, 15. 358, 9. 2, 333, 3.] śastreṇa ca parikṣate [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 122. 7, 222. 8, 324. 9, 293. 10, 88.] śastreṇa vaiśyānrakṣitvā [119.] vākśastraṃ vai brāhmaṇasya tena hanyādarīndvijaḥ [11, 33.] nainaṃ chindanti śastrāṇi [Bhagavadgītā 2, 23.] [Mahābhārata 1, 1169.] śastreṇa nidhanaṃ kāle ye gacchantyaparāṅmukhāḥ [3, 2121.] niśita [2389.] tejas [5, 7015.] astraśastrāṇi [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 23, 14. 54, 19. 2, 75, 25.] [Spr. (II) 1368. 3441. 4367. (I) 2801. 2974.] [Raghuvaṃśa 2, 40. 5, 28.] [Śākuntala 11. 94, 9.] śastraṃ (Pfeil) saṃdhatte 13. veṇīvinigūhita Dolch, Messer [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 78, 1. 55, 15. - 42, 6. 46, 71. 50, 25. 53, 102. 69, 30. 95, 23.] [Rājataraṅgiṇī 3, 406.] [PAÑCAR. 1, 1, 80.] [Pañcatantra 34, 15. 263, 6.] tairmuktāni ca śastrāṇi mahāstrāṇi mahāstrāṇi tathāsuraiḥ [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 87, 12.] śastrāṇyāsuḥ parasparam Pfeile [Bhaṭṭikavya 14, 77.] udyatairāhave śastraiḥ Schwerter, Waffen [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 5, 98.] ākṛṣṭa (mitre) [Spr. (II) 4988.] gṛhāṇa śastram [Raghuvaṃśa 3, 51.] śastraṃ dvijātibhirgrāhyaṃ dharmo yatroparudhyate [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 8, 348.] graha [MAHĀVĪRAC. 40, 22.] grāhaka [KĀM. NĪTIS. 6, 12.] na devāḥ śastramādāya nighnanti ripuvatkrudhā [Spr. (II) 3304.] kathamasmadvidhe śastraṃ nipatet [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 63, 24.] nipāta [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 3, 22. 7, 3. 11, 52. 58, 51.] ghāta [87, 39. 98, 8.] nidhana adj. den Tod durch das Schwert findend [68, 29.] niryāṇa adj. dass. 37. śastrānta adj. dass. [24. 31.] yadasyāmākṛtau śastraṃ vyāpārayitumicchasi [Kathāsaritsāgara 18, 173.] vyavahāra [Raghuvaṃśa 3, 62.] śastrodyoga [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 6, 8. 46, 40.] śastrābhyāsa [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 2, 8, 52.] pravṛtte śastrasaṃpāte [Bhagavadgītā 1, 20.] saṃnyasta adj. [Raghuvaṃśa 2, 59.] nyāsa [Vikramorvaśī 87, 2.] Schwert so v. a. Krieg: kṣucchastrāvṛṣṭikara [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 10, 2.] śastrāmayārti [8, 42.] prakopamupayāti śastram so v. a. Krieg fängt an zu wüthen [38, 3.] kṣudanalamṛtyunarādhipaśastrebhyo jāyate bhayam [34, 15.] bhaya so v. a. Kriegsnoth [4, 21. 5, 83. 88. 6, 5. 7, 16. 8, 17. 9, 20. 17, 4. 30, 17. 35, 5. 46, 63. 53, 60. 79, 36.] agniśastrabhaya [34, 13.] śastrāgnisaṃbhrama [30, 14.] — b) Eisen [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 25, 181.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1037.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha 2, 16.] — [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 5, 20] fehlerhaft für śāstra . — Vgl. ati, niḥ, nyasta, mahā, vi .
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Śāstra (शास्त्र):—(von 1. śās) n. [Siddhāntakaumudī 249], b, 3.
1) Anweisung, Vorschrift [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 25, 181.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 462.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 91.] na.i ṣastava.no mama śā.tre a.yasya.raṇyati [Ṛgveda 8, 33, 16.] varjita so v. a. für den es kein Gesetz giebt [Spr. (II) 642.] calacchāstra adj. [Brahmapurāṇa] in [Lassen’s Anthologie (III) 52, 13.] —
2) Unterweisung, Belehrung, ein guter Rath: śāstraṃ na śāsti durbuddhiṃ śreyase cetarāya ca [Spr. 5072.] śrutvā yaḥ suhṛdāṃ śāstraṃ martyo na pratipadyate [5092.] śāstrapathe yuktaḥ [Mahābhārata 13, 2171.] —
3) Regel, Leitfaden, Theorie; Lehrbuch, Fachwerk, ein wissenschaftliches —, ein kanonisches Werk [Amarakoṣa] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 2, 12.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha 5, 58.] garhā [Yāska’s Nirukta 1, 14.] [Prātiśākhya zum Ṛgveda 1, 13. 16.] pradeśa [11, 35. fg. 14, 25.] varṇātmaguṇa Lehre von [13, 6. 14, 30.] āgama [Siddhāntakaumudī] zu [Pāṇini’s acht Bücher.7,2,18.] samāsa Schol. zu [1, 2, 43.] idaṃ śāstraṃ kṛtvā [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 1, 58. fg. 102. 104. 118. fg.] mānava [12, 126.] guhyatama [Bhagavadgītā 15, 20.] sarvaśāstraviśārada [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 63.] [Mahābhārata 5, 5970.] [Rāmāyaṇa 1, 1, 16.] susūkṣmārtha [2, 75, 26.] [Suśruta 1, 4, 1. 13, 9. 14, 7. 89, 3. 123, 5. 147, 11.] āgamo hi śāstramucyate 18. śāstreṣvakuṇṭhitā buddhiḥ [Raghuvaṃśa 1, 19.] anekasaṃśayocchedi parokṣārthasya darśakam . sarvasya locanaṃ śāstraṃ yasya nāstyandha eva saḥ .. [Spr. (II) 332.] uśanā veda yacchāstraṃ yacca veda bṛhaspatiḥ [1319.] śāstramārgānusārin [1828.] yaḥ śāstramūce (gotamaḥ) [4875.] vidyā śāstrasya [(I) 2801.] śāstropaskṛtaśabdasundaragiraḥ [2980.] jyotiṣamāgamaśāstram [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 9, 7. 50, 10. 79, 1.] bahuśāstravettar [69, 14.] vartmabhiḥ [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 32, 33.] dāna [Weber’s Verzeichniss No. 1218.] śāstrāṇyadhītya [AMṚTAN. Upakośā] in [Weber’s Indische Studien 9, 24.] [Spr. 2979.] śāstraṃ nādhigatam [(II) 3836.] [Hitopadeśa 4, 12.] asacchāstrādhigamana [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 11, 65.] śāstrābhyāsa [Oxforder Handschriften 85], a, 19. śāstrānanuṣṭhāna [Hitopadeśa 4, 12. fg.] tarkavidyārthaśāstrayoḥ [Amarakoṣa 1, 1, 5, 5.] pāśupata [SARVADARŚANAS. 74, 7. 80, 6.] gāndharva [78, 2.] nāṭya 3. pratyabhijñā [90, 17.] śāstreṣu lokeṣu ca [Oxforder Handschriften 195], a, [6.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 7, 13, 45.] anantaśāstraṃ bahulāśca vidyāḥ [Spr. (II) 245.] kāvyaśāstravinoda [1711.] śāstrāṇi nigamāśca vaidikāḥ [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 4, 19.] vede ca śāstre ca [Spr. 4918.] purāṇeṣu, smṛtiṣu, caturvedeṣu, śāstreṣu, sarvādhyātmavidyāsu [WEBER, Rāmatāpanīya Upaniṣad 361.] ṛgyajuḥ sāmātharvā ca bhārataṃ pāñcarātrakam . mūlarāmāyaṇaṃ caiva śāstramityabhidhīyate .. yaccānukūlametasya tacca śāstraṃ prakīrtitam . ato nyo granthavistāro naiva śāstraṃ kuvartma tat .. [SKANDA-Pāṇini’s acht Bücher] in [SARVADARŚANAS. 72, 14. fgg.] so v. a. Gelehrsamkeit: śīlasamaṃ manye dhanyataraṃ tu tam [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 20, 24.] [Spr. (II) 5827.] — Vgl. artha (auch [Yājñavalkya’s Gesetzbuch 2, 21.] sakalārthaśāstrasāra [Pañcatantra Pr. 3]), ucchāstravartin, krama, jñāna, jyotiḥ, tarka, dharma, naya, nīti, prajñapti, maṅgalā, madhyāntavibhāga, madhva, mantra, moha, yajña, yathāśāstram, yogaśāstra, ratna, rāja, liṅga, veda, śakuna, śata, śabda, śilpa, haya, hetu .
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