Astrashastra, Astraśastra, Astraśāstra, Astra-shastra: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit terms Astraśastra and Astraśāstra can be transliterated into English as Astrasastra or Astrashastra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryastraśastra (अस्त्रशस्त्र).—n (S Charmed weapons and common weapons.) Weapons and arms comprehensively. 2 Freely. Goods and chattels; bag and baggage; all one's kit and traps.
Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.
Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAstraśāstra (अस्त्रशास्त्र).—the art of science of throwing missiles, military science, science of arms; अस्त्रवेदमधिगम्य तत्त्वतः (astravedamadhigamya tattvataḥ) Kirātārjunīya 13.62, Uttararāmacarita 6.9.
Derivable forms: astraśāstram (अस्त्रशास्त्रम्).
Astraśāstra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms astra and śāstra (शास्त्र). See also (synonyms): astravidyā, astraveda.
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Astraśastra (अस्त्रशस्त्र).—all sorts of weapons.
Derivable forms: astraśastram (अस्त्रशस्त्रम्).
Astraśastra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms astra and śastra (शस्त्र).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAstraśastra (अस्त्रशस्त्र):—[=astra-śastra] [from astra] n. [plural] all sorts of arms (as arrows and swords), [Rāmāyaṇa i, 23, 14.]
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.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryAstraśastra (अस्त्रशस्त्र):—[=अस्त्र-शस्त्र] (nm) armament, weaponry; arms, weapons.
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See also (Relevant definitions)
Partial matches: Shastra, Astra.
Starts with: Astrashastravidya.
Ends with: Ishvastrashastra, Shastrashastra.
Full-text: Attiracattiram, Astrashastr, Astravidya, Astraveda.
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