Sattra, Sattrā: 9 definitions
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Sattra.—(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
Sattra (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.
Sattra (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 .
Sattra (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.
Sattra (सत्त्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—śr. Oppert. Ii, 5361.
1) 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, [???]
1) Sattra (सत्त्र):—(ttraṃ) 1. n. Sacrifice; liberality; covering; fraud; wood; wealth; house; pond, tank.
2) Sattrā (सत्त्रा):—prep. With.
Sattra (सत्त्र):—(von 1. sad) [Uṇādisūtra 4, 166.] [Prātiśākhya zur Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 6, 27] (satra zu schreiben). n.
1) eine grosse Soma-Feier von mehr als zwölf Tagen mit vielen Officianten [Amarakoṣa 3, 4, 25, 183.] [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 820.] [Anekārthasaṃgraha 2, 465.] [Medinīkoṣa r. 95.] [Halāyudha 2, 259.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 12, 1, 4. 13, 1, 1.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 11, 1, 4.] [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 11, 1, 7.] [MAŚAKA] in [Weber’s Verzeichniss 73.] [morgenländischen Gesellschaft 9, LXXI.] Gewöhnlich mit ās, sad, auch upa i eine Feier begehen, ud sthā beenden. [Ṛgveda 7, 33, 13.] [Atharvavedasaṃhitā 11, 7, 8. 12, 1, 39.] sa.traṃ ni ṣedu.ṛṣayo.nādhamānāḥ [17, 1, 14.] yena.ṛṣaya.tapasā sa.tramāyan [Vājasaneyisaṃhitā 15, 49. 8, 52.] [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 2, 19. 4, 17.] svargāya lokāya sattramāsate [5, 14. 8, 21.] [Taittirīyabrāhmaṇa 1, 4, 7, 7.] [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 2, 3, 3, 1. 7, 2, 9, 3. 3, 6, 2.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4, 6, 1, 15. 8, 1. 9, 1. 11, 5, 5, 1.] [Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 15, 12, 3.] ahīnānāṃ dvādaśa caturviṃśatiḥ saṃvatsara iti sattrāṇām [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 4, 8, 15.] [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 1, 6, 13. 12, 1, 6. 7.] [LĀṬY. 2, 2, 2. 4. 11. 10, 1, 1.] tva [Kāṭhaka-Recension 34, 8.] kāma [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 12, 4, 26.] dvādaśavārṣika [Mahābhārata 1, 1.] [UTTARAR. 2, 12 (4, 2).] yajanti sattraistvāmeva yajñaiśca paramādhvare [Mahābhārata 5, 486.] sattrādibhirmakhaiḥ [Spr. (II) 2953.] śaṃbhoḥ [4586.] mantrāṃsattrāvasānikān [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 56, 25. 75, 24.] phalada [Harivaṃśa 2813.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 13, 37.] teṣu tatsattramupāsīneṣu [Mahābhārata 1, 662.] sattrāṇyanvāsate (v. l. upāsate) [Spr. (II) 3631.] sattraṃ svargāya lokāya sahasrasamamāsata [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 1, 1, 4.] vardhana [7, 2.] go [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 7, 5, 1, 1.] puroLāśa [Aitareyabrāhmaṇa 2, 9.] Bildlich ein einem Sattra gleichkommendes verdienstliches Werk: abhayasya hi yo dātā sa pūjyaḥ satataṃ nṛpaḥ . sattraṃ hi vardhate tasya sadaivābhayadakṣiṇam .. [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 8, 303.] āpannābhayasattreṣu dīkṣitāḥ khalu pauravāḥ [Śākuntala 49.] sattrasyarddhi f. Vollendung —, Gelingen des Sattra heisst ein Sāman [Weber’s Indische Studien 3, 242], a (fehlerhaft satrasparddhi). [Taittirīyasaṃhitā 7, 5, 8, 1.] [The Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 4, 6, 9, 11.] [Śāṅkhāyana’s Brāhmaṇa 29, 6.] neutr. [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 12, 4, 11.] —
2) = sattragṛha, vasati, śālā, sadman, ein Haus, in dem Speisen u.s.w. unentgeldlich verabreicht werden, Verpflegungshaus, Hospiz: tatra tayā sattre vatārite . nānāpathāgatānāthasārthairadyāpi bhujyate .. [Rājataraṅgiṇī 2, 58.] sattre sundarakasyāśu vārayāmāsa bhojanam [Kathāsaritsāgara 20, 157.] annādidānasattrāṇyakārayat [113, 29.] = sadādāna [Amarakoṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] st. mantra [Mārkāṇḍeyapurāṇa 35, 33] wird nach [Śabdakalpadruma] sattra gelesen, welches der Comm. durch sadakṣiṇaṃ satatānnadānam erklärt. —
3) eine angenommene Gestalt: tathā ca sattreṇa vasan [Mahābhārata 4, 311.] channaḥ sattreṇa [1194. 1267. 1271.] ein trügerischer Schein: utpalavana [Daśakumāracarita 77, 12.] = ācchādana [Amarakoṣa] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] = kaitava [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa 3, 3, 377.] [Medinīkoṣa] = dambha [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] = vastra [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 135.] —
4) Wald [Amarakoṣa] [Trikāṇḍaśeṣa] (bala fehlerhaft fur vana). [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 1110.] [Hemacandra’s Anekārthasaṃgraha] [Medinīkoṣa] [Halāyudha 2, 55.] mṛgavya [Kirātārjunīya 13, 9. -] [Śabdakalpadruma] führt nach dem [ANEKĀRTHAKOŚA] noch folgende Bedd. an: dhana, gṛha, dāna, sarovara . Vgl. dīrgha (in der 1ten Bed. auch [Mahābhārata 1, 661]), deva, pañca, brahma, bhūmi, mahā, mṛga, raṇa, rāja, rātri ( [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 11, 6, 16]), saṃvatsara, sarpa .
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Sāttra (सात्त्र):—(von sattra) adj. zu einer Feier gehörig u.s.w.: sāttrāhīnika [Aśvalāyana’s Śrautasūtrāni 11, 2, 11.]
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Starts with (+3): Sattradhipati, Sattragara, Sattragriha, Sattrahan, Sattrapariveshana, Sattrapashraya, Sattrapati, Sattrapay, Sattrapaya, Sattraphalada, Sattraraj, Sattrasad, Sattrasadman, Sattrasadya, Sattrashala, Sattrasparddhi, Sattratva, Sattravardhana, Sattravasati, Sattray.
Full-text (+187): Satra, Dirghasattra, Sattrashala, Brahmasattra, Pancasattra, Devasattra, Rajasattra, Mahasattra, Ratrisattra, Mrigasattra, Sattraraj, Bhumisattra, Angirasamayana, Ranasattra, Sattrasadya, Yatsattra, Sattrasad, Munisattra, Gosattra, Sattrin.
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Panchavimsha Brahmana (English translation) (by W. Caland)
Introduction 4: The contents of the Panchavimsha Brahmana
Chapter 25 - Sattra rites (concluded)
The Agnistoma Somayaga in the Shukla Yajurveda (by Madan Haloi)
Part 2.1: Types of Somayāga (Introduction) < [Chapter 3 - The Somayāga]
Part 2.1: Types of Sacrifices in General (Introduction) < [Chapter 2 - An Introduction to the Ritualistic Religion of the Vedas]
Part 2.7: The Soma Sacrifice < [Chapter 2 - An Introduction to the Ritualistic Religion of the Vedas]
Chandogya Upanishad (Madhva commentary) (by Srisa Chandra Vasu)
Puppetry in Assam (by Gitali Saikia)
Puppetry in satras (monasteries) of Majuli < [Chapter 4]
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Apastamba Yajna-paribhasa-sutras (by Hermann Oldenberg)
Satapatha-brahmana (by Julius Eggeling)
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