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 dictionary

Bhrāṣṭra (भ्राष्ट्र).—A frying-pan.

-ṣṭraḥ 1 Light.

2) Ether.

Derivable forms: bhrāṣṭraḥ (भ्राष्ट्रः), bhrāṣṭram (भ्राष्ट्रम्).

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

Bhrāṣṭra (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 Dictionary

Bhrāṣṭra (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 Dictionary

Bhraṣṭra (भ्रष्ट्र).—[neuter] roasting pan.

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

1) 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 Dictionary

Bhrāṣṭra (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.

[Sanskrit to German]

Bhrashtra in German

context information

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 corpus

Bhrāṣṭra (ಭ್ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರ):—

1) [noun] a frying pan.

2) [noun] light; splendour.

3) [noun] the sky.

context information

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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Starts with: Bhrashtraja, Bhrashtraka, Bhrashtrakayani, Bhrashtraki, Bhrashtrakrit, Bhrashtramindha, Bhrashtravratin.

Full-text: Bhrashtramindha, Bhattha, Bhrashtravratin, Bhrashtraka, Bhrashtraja, Bhrashtrakrit, Bhrashtreya, Canaka, Ambarisha, Bhrajj, Vratin, Pakva.

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