Sanskrit dictionary (beta)

Derived forms and compounds

• -अङ्गा a kind of sorrel.

• -अभ्यासः the practice of arms, military exercise.

• -अयसम्

  1. steel.
  2. iron.

• -अवपातः injury by weapon; शस्त्रावपाते गर्भस्य पातने चोत्तमो दमः Y.2.277.

• -अस्त्रम्

  1. weapons for striking and throwing, arms and missiles; शस्त्रास्त्रभृत्त्वं क्षत्रस्य Ms.1.79.
  2. arms or weapons generally.

• -आख्यम् iron.

• -आजीवः, -उपजीविन् Masculine a professional soldier; Kau. Atmanepada 1.3.

• -उद्यमः lifting up a weapon (to strike).

• -उपकरणम् arms or instruments of war, military apparatus.

• -कर्मन् any surgical operation.

• -कारः an armourer.

• -कोपः war, battle.

• -ककोषः the sheath or scabbard of any weapon.

• -क्षारः borax.

• -ग्रहः battle, fight.

• -ग्राहिन् Adjective taking up or wearing arms (for battle); शस्त्रग्राही ब्राह्मणो जामदग्न्यः Ubbayapada (Parasmaipada and Atmanepada)5.33.

• -चिकित्सा surgery.

• -जीविन्, -वृत्ति Masculine one living by the use of arms, a professional soldier.

• -देवता the deity presiding over weapons.

• -धरः Equivalent to शस्त्रभृत् quod vide, which see

• -निपातनम् a surgical operation.

• -न्यासः laying down arms; so शस्त्र (परि) त्यागः.

• -पाणि Adjective bearing arms, armed. (-Masculine) an armed warrior.

• -पदम् incision; Suśr.

• -पूत Adjective 'purified by arms', rendered pure or absolved from guilt by being killed with a weapon on the battle-field; अशस्त्रपूतं निर्व्याजम् (महामांसम्) Māl.5.12; (see Jagaddhara's explanation of the word); अहमपि तस्य मिथ्याप्रतिज्ञावैलक्ष्यसंपादितमशस्त्रपूतं मरणमुपदशामि Ve.2.

• -प्रहारः a wound inflicted with a weapon.

• -भृत्

  1. Masculine
  2. a soldier, warrior; रामः शस्त्रभृतामहम् Bg.1.31; न तद् यशः शस्त्रभृतां क्षिणोति R.2.4.
  3. an armed man.

• -मार्जः a weapon-cleaner, an armourer, a furbisher.

• -विद्या, -शास्त्रम् the science of archery, see धनुर्वेद.

• -वृत्तिः a professional soldier; पुरुषा शस्त्रवृत्तयः Ms. 12.45.

• -व्यवहारः practice of weapons.

• -शास्त्रम् military science.

• -संहतिः

  1. Feminine
  2. a collection of arms.
  3. an arsenal.

• -संपातः a sudden fall of a number of weapons.

• -हत Adjective killed by a weapon. denotes that the rest of the word under consideration is to be suppliedचतुर्दशी Name of a particular 14th day sacred to the memory of fallen warriors.

• -हस्त Adjective armed. (-स्तः) an armed man.