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अस्त्र

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Hindi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Sanskrit अस्त्र (astra).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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अस्त्र (astrm (Urdu spelling استر)

  1. missile, weapon, any instrument capable of causing destruction when thrown or launched away from the user
    भाला, बाण, बम इत्यादि को अस्त्र कहते हैं।
    bhālā, bāṇ, bam ityādi ko astr kahte ha͠i.
    Spears, arrows and bombs are examples of missiles.

Declension

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Declension of अस्त्र (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct अस्त्र
astr
अस्त्र
astr
oblique अस्त्र
astr
अस्त्रों
astrõ
vocative अस्त्र
astr
अस्त्रो
astro

See also

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References

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Sanskrit

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Alternative scripts

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Etymology

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From the root अस् (as, to throw) +‎ -त्र (-tra, suffix forming nouns denoting tools)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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अ॒स्त्र (astrá) stemn

  1. a missile weapon, bolt, arrow
  2. a weapon in general (L.)
  3. a sword (L.)
  4. a bow (L.)
  5. name of a mantra (pronounced, for instance, before reading a book or while kindling a fire, etc.)
  6. name of the mystical syllable फत् (RāmatUp.)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • Monier Williams (1899), “अस्त्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, [], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 122, column 3.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “astrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 43
  • Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “astra”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.