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3 results for /astar

nistṛ

(only 3. sg. Aorist -/astar-), to throw down, overthrow

(see a-niṣṭṛta-).

stṛ

(or stṝ-). cl.5.9. P. A1. (

) stṛṇ/oti-, stṛṇute- or stṛnāti-, striṇīt/e- (Ved. and Epic also st/arati-, te-; perfect tense tastāra-, tastare-[3. plural tastaruḥ-, tastarire-]

etc.;3. sg. [with pass. sense] tistir/e-

;3. plural tastrire-

; parasmE-pada A1. tistirāṇ/a-

; Aorist /astar-, star-

; astṛṣi-, astṛta-

; astarīt-

; astārṣīt-, astarīṣṭa-, astīrṣṭa- grammar; preceding stṛṣīya-

; staryāt-or stīryāt-; stṛṣīṣṭa-, starīṣīṣṭa-, stīrṣīṣṭa- grammar; future startā- grammar; stariṣyati-, te-[Gr. also starīṣ-]

etc.; infinitive mood startum-or starītum- grammar; st/artave-, tavai-, starītav/ai-

; st/arītave-

; -st/ire-, -stṛṇīṣ/aṇi-

; ind.p. stīrtv/ā-or stṛtv/ā-

; -stīrya-

; -stṛtya-

), to spread, spread out or about, strew, scatter (especially the sacrificial grass;in this sense in older language only cl.9 P. A1.)

; to spread over, bestrew, cover

etc. ; (cl.5. P. A1.) to lay low, overthrow, slay (an enemy)

: Passive voice stīryate- (ti-) or striy/ate- (grammar also staryate-; Aorist /astāri-), to be spread or strewn etc.

etc. etc.: Causal stārayati- (Aorist atastarat-), to spread, cover

: Desiderative tistīrṣate- or t/ustūrṣate- (grammar also P.and tistarīṣati-, te-), to wish to spread or strew or lay low

: Intensive tāstaryate-, testīryate-, tāstarti- grammar ([ confer, compare Greek , ; Latin sternere; Gothic straujan; German streuen; Anglo-Saxon streowian; English strew.])

stṝ

(or stṛ-). cl.5.9. P. A1. (