Shastrabhrit, Śastrabhṛt, Shastra-bhrit: 8 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Śastrabhṛt can be transliterated into English as Sastrabhrt or Shastrabhrit, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
In Hinduism
Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)
Śastrabhṛt (शस्त्रभृत्) refers to “armed soldiers”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 17), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “If Jupiter should suffer defeat in his conjunction with Mercury, the Mlecchas, truthful men, armed soldiers (śastrabhṛt) and Madhyadeáa will suffer; also the various persons and objects presided over by Jupiter will suffer”.
Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.
Purana and Itihasa (epic history)
Śastrabhṛt (शस्त्रभृत्) refers to the “weapon-bearers” (of which Rāma is mentioned as the most important), according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.5.2 (“The Prayer of the gods).—Accordingly, as the Gods eulogized Śiva: “[...] Among all kindred beings you are Dharma. In all stages of life you are Sannyāsa. You are the supreme Liberation in all Vargas. Among Rudras you are Nīlalohita. Among all Ādityas you are Vāsudeva; among the monkeys you are Hanumat; among the sacrifices you are Japayajña; among the weapon-bearers (śastrabhṛt) you are Rāma. [...]”.
The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.
Languages of India and abroad
Sanskrit dictionary
Śastrabhṛt (शस्त्रभृत्).—m.
1) a soldier, warrior; रामः शस्त्रभृतामहम् (rāmaḥ śastrabhṛtāmaham) Bhagavadgītā (Bombay) 1.31; न तद् यशः शस्त्रभृतां क्षिणोति (na tad yaśaḥ śastrabhṛtāṃ kṣiṇoti) R.2.4.
2) an armed man.
Śastrabhṛt is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śastra and bhṛt (भृत्).
Śastrabhṛt (शस्त्रभृत्).—m. (-bhṛt) An armed man, a soldier. E. śastra a weapon, bhṛt having.
Śastrabhṛt (शस्त्रभृत्).—[adjective] bearing a sword; [masculine] warrior.
Śastrabhṛt (शस्त्रभृत्):—[=śastra-bhṛt] [from śastra > śas] m. = -dhara, [Gautama-dharma-śāstra; Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata etc.]
Śastrabhṛt (शस्त्रभृत्):—[śastra-bhṛt] (t) 5. m. An armed man.
Śastrabhṛt (शस्त्रभृत्):—adj. mit einem Schwerte u. s. w. bewaffnet, bewaffnet überh.; m. Kriegsmann [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 7, 223. 11, 73.] [Bhagavadgītā 10, 31.] [Mahābhārata 5, 6057.] [Rāmāyaṇa 2, 99, 11. 5, 43, 2. 48, 15.] [Raghuvaṃśa 2, 40.] [Varāhamihira’s Bṛhajjātaka S. 17, 20.] [Bhāgavatapurāṇa 3, 3, 4.] śastrāstrabhṛttva [Manu’s Gesetzbuch 10, 79.]
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.
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Partial matches (+0): Bhrit, Shastra.
Full-text (+0): Shastradhara, Antarveshman.
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