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avastṝ

P. -stṛṇāti- (1. sg. -stṛṇāmi- ind.p. -st/īrya-) to strew, scatter

; (perf. -tastāra-) to scatter over, cover with (instrumental case)

: A1. (perf. -tastare-) to penetrate (as a sound)

gavyūti

f. (g/av--) (

Va1rtt.2 f.) a pasture, piece of pasture land, district, place of residence

(see a--, ur/u--, dūr/e--, paro--, svast/i--)

saṃstir

f. contraction (opp. to vi-ṣṭ/ir-,"expansion", saṃst/iro viṣṭ/iraḥ-[acc. plural ],prob. "what is near and what is far")

sti

m. (only in accusative plural st/īn-;fr.1. as- see /upa-sti-, abh/i--and p/ari-ṣṭi-) a dependent, vassal

stigh

cl.5 P. stighnoti- (according to to

A1. stighnute-; Potential stighnuyāt- infinitive mood -st/igham-; grammar also perfect tense tiṣṭige-; Aorist asteghiṣṭa-; future steghitā-, ghiṣyate-; infinitive mood steghitum-), to step, stride, step up, mount (especially in ati-stigh-,"to step over, overstep", and in pra-stigh-,"to step up, rise up etc.")

: Desiderative tiṣṭighiṣati- (in ati-tiṣṭ/ighiṣan-,"wishing to ascend")

[ confer, compare Greek ; Slavonic or Slavonian stignati; Gothic steigan; German sti7gan,steigen; English sty.]

stipā

See above under st/i-.

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. (

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-

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

svasti

n. f. (Nominal verb svast/i-, t/is-; accusative svast/i-, t/im-; instrumental case svast/i-, ty/ā-; dative case svast/aye-; locative case svast/au-; instrumental case svast/ibhis-;also personified as a goddess, and sometimes as kalā- see svasti-devī-), well-being, fortune, luck, success, prosperity

svastigavyūti

(svast/i--) mfn. having happy pastures or fields

svastika

m. any lucky or auspicious object, (especially) a kind of mystical cross or mark made on persons and things to denote good luck (it is shaped like a Greek cross with the extremities of the four arms bent round in the same direction;the majority of scholars regard it as a solar symbol;that is, as representing a curtailed form of the wheel of the Solar viṣṇu-, consisting of four spokes crossing each other at right angles with short fragments of the periphery of the circle at the end of each spoke turning round in one direction to denote the course of the Sun; according to to the late Sir

Cunningham it has no connexion with sun-worship, but its shape represents a monogram or interlacing of the letters of the auspicious words su ast/i-[ svasti-]in the aśoka- characters;amongst jaina-s it is one of the 24 auspicious marks and is the emblem of the seventh arhat- of the present avasarpiṇī-)

upasti

and upa-st/i- (

) mfn. (fr. s-ti-[1. as-]with upa- see abhi-ṣṭi-;fr. styai- commentator or commentary on

), being lower or inferior, subordinate, subject, submissive

upastṛ

P. A1. -stṛṇāti-, -stṛṇīte- (A1.1. sg. -st/ire-

; infinitive mood -st/ire-

; infinitive mood used as imperative -stṛṇiṣ/ani-

[ see gṛnīṣaṇi-under1. gṝ-]) to spread over, cover with, clothe, wrap up

; to spread out under, spread or lay under, scatter under

; to scatter round, surround (the āhavanīya- and gārhapatya- fire with grass)

; (at sacrifices) to pour out (especially clarified butter) , pour out so as to form a lower layer or substratum

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