Bhrashtra, Bhrāṣṭra: 10 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Bhrāṣṭra can be transliterated into English as Bhrastra or Bhrashtra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryBhrāṣṭra (भ्राष्ट्र).—A frying-pan.
-ṣṭraḥ 1 Light.
2) Ether.
Derivable forms: bhrāṣṭraḥ (भ्राष्ट्रः), bhrāṣṭram (भ्राष्ट्रम्).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhrāṣṭra (भ्राष्ट्र).—mfn.
(-ṣṭraḥ-ṣṭrī-ṣṭraṃ) Fried in a pan. mn.
(-ṣṭraḥ-ṣṭraṃ) A frying-pan. m.
(-ṣṭraḥ) Light. E. bhrasj to fry, Unadi aff. ṣṭran; and in the attributive, aṇ added.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhrāṣṭra (भ्राष्ट्र).—i. e. bhrāj + tra (cf. bhṛj), I. m. (and n.), A frying-pan, [Pañcatantra] i. [distich] 148. Ii. n. Æther.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhraṣṭra (भ्रष्ट्र).—[neuter] roasting pan.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Bhraṣṭra (भ्रष्ट्र):—[from bhrajj] n. a frying-pan, gridiron, [Maitrāyaṇī-saṃhitā]
2) Bhrāṣṭra (भ्राष्ट्र):—[from bhrajj] a m. (n., [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]) idem, [Nirukta, by Yāska; Pañcatantra]
3) [v.s. ...] n. light, ether (cf. √bhrāś)
4) [v.s. ...] mf(ī)n. fried or cooked in a frying-pan, [Pāṇini 4-2, 16 [Scholiast or Commentator]]
5) b ṭraka etc. See p. 769, col. 2.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryBhrāṣṭra (भ्राष्ट्र):—[(ṣṭraḥ-ṣṭrā-ṣṭraṃ)] 1. m. f. n. A frying pan.
Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)Bhrāṣṭra (भ्राष्ट्र) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit word: Bhaṭṭha.
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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.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusBhrāṣṭra (ಭ್ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರ):—
1) [noun] a frying pan.
2) [noun] light; splendour.
3) [noun] the sky.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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