Sattra, Sattrā: 9 definitions
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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Indian Epigraphical GlossarySattra.—(SII 1; CII 3, 4), ‘a charitable feeding house’; an alms-house; sometimes used to indicate one of the five mahā- yajñas, usually called atithi. See Ep. Ind., Vol. VII, p. 46, note 8. (EI 10, 19, 23), also spelt satra; hospitality to guests; one of the five mahāyajñas. (IA 15), a hall for the charitable distribution of food, etc. Cf. satra-śālā (SII 11-1), etc. Note: sattra is defined in the “Indian epigraphical glossary” as it can be found on ancient inscriptions commonly written in Sanskrit, Prakrit or Dravidian languages.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionarySattra (सत्त्र).—[sad-ṣṭran] (usually written satram)
1) A sacrificial session, especially one lasting from 13 to 1 days.
2) A sacrifice in general; त्रेतामपि निबोध त्वं यस्मिन् सत्रं प्रवर्तते (tretāmapi nibodha tvaṃ yasmin satraṃ pravartate) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 3.149.23.
3) An oblation, offering, gift.
4) Liberality, munificence.
5) Virtue.
6) A house, residence.
7) Covering.
8) Wealth.
9) A wood, forest; अयमेव मृगव्यसत्रकामः (ayameva mṛgavyasatrakāmaḥ) Kirātārjunīya 13.9.
1) A tank, pond.
11) Fraud, cheating.
12) A place of refuge, asylum, covert.
13) Gifts made at all times; L. D. B.
14) Haughtiness, pride; L. D. B.
16) An assumed form or disguise; छन्नं तथा तं सत्रेण पाण्डवं प्रेक्ष्य भारत (channaṃ tathā taṃ satreṇa pāṇḍavaṃ prekṣya bhārata) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 4.38.4.
Derivable forms: sattram (सत्त्रम्).
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Sattrā (सत्त्रा).—ind. With, together with; सत्त्रा पुत्रकलत्रमित्रनिवहैः (sattrā putrakalatramitranivahaiḥ) Rām. ch.2.94.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionarySattra (सत्त्र).—n.
(-ttraṃ) 1. Sacrifice, oblation. 2. A long sacrificial session lasting from 13 to 100 days. 3. Good conduct. 4. Liberality, munificence. 5. Covering, clothing, concealing. 6. Fraud, roguery, cheating. 7. A wood, a forest. 8. Wealth. 9. A house. 10. A tank, a pond. m.
(-ttraḥ) Satrajit the father of Satyabhama. E. sad to go, Unadi aff. tran or ṣṭra; in writting, one ta may be omitted, and it occurs, satra .
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Sattrā (सत्त्रा).—Ind. With, together with. E. sa for saha with, trā to preserve, aff. kvip; also written, satrā .
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English DictionarySattra (सत्त्र).—and satra satra, n., i. e. I. sad + tra. 1. A sacrifice, [Uttara Rāmacarita, 2. ed. Calc., 1862.] 4, 1. 2. Liberality, munificence. Ii. perhaps sa-trā. 1. Covering, concealing, a hiding-place, [Daśakumāracarita] in
Sattra (सत्त्र).—[neuter] sacrificial session or any meritorious action of equal worth; alms-house, hospital.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus CatalogorumSattra (सत्त्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—śr. Oppert. Ii, 5361.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Sattra (सत्त्र):—[from sad] n. ‘session’, a great Soma sacrifice (lasting [according to] to some, from 13 to 100 days and performed by many officiating Brāhmans; also applied to any oblation or meritorious work equivalent to the performance of a Sattra; sattrasyarddhiḥ Name of a Sāman, [Ārṣeya-brāhmaṇa]), [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.
2) [v.s. ...] a house, asylum, hospital, [Rājataraṅgiṇī; Kathāsaritsāgara]
3) [v.s. ...] an assumed form or disguise, illusive semblance, [Mahābhārata; Daśakumāra-carita]
4) [v.s. ...] fraud, deception, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
5) [v.s. ...] a wood, forest, [Kirātārjunīya]
6) [v.s. ...] a tank, pond, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
7) [v.s. ...] liberality, munificence, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
8) [v.s. ...] wealth, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
9) [v.s. ...] clothes, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
10) Sāttra (सात्त्र):—and sāttrika mfn. ([from] sattra) belonging to a sacrifice, sacrificial, [???]
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Sattra (सत्त्र):—(ttraṃ) 1. n. Sacrifice; liberality; covering; fraud; wood; wealth; house; pond, tank.
2) Sattrā (सत्त्रा):—prep. With.
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Starts with (+2): Sattradhipati, Sattragara, Sattragriha, Sattrahan, Sattrapariveshana, Sattrapashraya, Sattrapati, Sattrapay, Sattrapaya, Sattraphalada, Sattraraj, Sattrasad, Sattrasadman, Sattrasadya, Sattrashala, Sattratva, Sattravardhana, Sattravasati, Sattray, Sattraya.
Ends with (+4): Atharvasattra, Atisattra, Bhumisattra, Brahmasattra, Darghasattra, Devasattra, Dirghasattra, Gosattra, Kshattra, Kulasattra, Mahasattra, Mrigasattra, Munisattra, Nakshatrasattra, Pancasattra, Punnakshattra, Rajasattra, Ranasattra, Ratrisattra, Samvatsarasattra.
Full-text (+109): Satra, Sattrashala, Mahatapashcita, Angirasamayana, Darshadvata, Yamatiratra, Sattravasati, Sattrasadman, Sattrasadya, Sattrika, Sattrasad, Sattragriha, Sattraraj, Sattrayaga, Sattrotthana, Sattriya, Purastatprishthya, Sattrapariveshana, Munisattra, Bhumisattra.
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Manusmriti with the Commentary of Medhatithi (by Ganganatha Jha)
Verse 8.303 < [Section XLIII - Theft (steya)]
Verse 4.21 < [Section IV - The ‘Five Sacrifices’]
Verse 4.9 < [Section II - Means of Subsistence]
Puppetry in Assam (by Gitali Saikia)
Puppetry in satras (monasteries) of Majuli < [Chapter 4]
Economic condition of puppeteer < [Chapter 6]
Colour used for painting of puppet of Satras < [Chapter 4]
Chandogya Upanishad (Madhva commentary) (by Srisa Chandra Vasu)
Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
Kāṇḍa IV, adhyāya 6, brāhmaṇa 8 < [Fourth Kāṇḍa]
Kāṇḍa IV, adhyāya 5, brāhmaṇa 4 < [Fourth Kāṇḍa]
Kāṇḍa IV, adhyāya 5, brāhmaṇa 1 < [Fourth Kāṇḍa]
Apastamba Yajna-paribhasa-sutras (by Hermann Oldenberg)
The Skanda Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 33 - The Glory of Dhanuṣkoṭi: Parāvasu Liberated < [Section 1 - Setu-māhātmya]
Chapter 194 - Description of Tīrthas < [Section 1 - Tīrtha-māhātmya]
Chapter 268 - Greatness of Camasodbheda (Camasa-udbheda) < [Section 1 - Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya]