Astrasayaka, Astrasāyaka, Astra-sayaka: 6 definitions

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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Astrasāyaka (अस्त्रसायक).—

1) an iron arrow.

2) the नाराच (nārāca) missile.

Derivable forms: astrasāyakaḥ (अस्त्रसायकः).

Astrasāyaka is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms astra and sāyaka (सायक).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Astrasāyaka (अस्त्रसायक).—m.

(-kaḥ) An iron arrow. E. astra, ṣo to destroy, vun affix; what destroys all other weapons.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Astrasāyaka (अस्त्रसायक):—[=astra-sāyaka] [from astra] m. an iron arrow, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Astrasāyaka (अस्त्रसायक):—[astra-sāyaka] (kaḥ) 1. m. An iron arrow, destroyer of other arms.

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Astrasayaka in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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