शस्त्र

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[edit] Sanskrit

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Noun

शस्त्र (śastrá) n.

  1. invocation, praise (applied to any hymn recited either audibly or inaudibly , as opposed to स्तोम (stoma), which is sung , but especially the verses recited by the hotṛ and his assistant as an accompaniment to the grahas at the soma libation)
  2. reciting, recitation
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[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Noun

शस्त्र (śastrá) m.

  1. a sword
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[edit] Noun

शस्त्र (śastrá) n.

  1. an instrument for cutting or wounding , knife , sword , dagger , any weapon (even applied to an arrow Bhat2t2.  ; weapons are said to be of four kinds, पाणिमुक्त (pāṇi-mukta), यन्त्रमुक्त (yantra-mukta), मुक्तामुक्त (muktā*mukta), and अमुक्त (amukta))
  2. any instrument or tool
  3. iron, steel
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[edit] References

  • Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English dictionary etymologically and philologically arranged with special reference to cognate Indo-European languages, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1898, page 1044
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