nāṣṭrā

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] Ved. 1 Danger, destruction. --2 An evil spirit, a goblin.

Appears in 8 texts

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Ved. 1 Danger, destruction. --2 An evil spirit, a goblin.

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

74

Texts Appeared In

8

DCS: a messenger; courier

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 64 86.5%
2. Atharvaveda (Śaunaka) 2 2.7%
3. Kāṭhakasaṃhitā 2 2.7%
4. Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 2 2.7%
5. Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) 1 1.4%

Concordance (Sample)

• Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa surface: nāṣṭrābhyaḥ

  sūryo mā divyābhyo nāṣṭrābhyaḥ pātu vāyur antarikṣābhyo 'gniḥ pārthivābhyaḥ svāh

• Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa surface: nāṣṭrābhyaḥ

  sūryaḥ mām divyābhyaḥ nāṣṭrābhyaḥ pātu vāyuḥ antarikṣābhyaḥ agniḥ pārthivābhyaḥ

• Atharvaveda (Śaunaka) surface: nāṣṭrā

  ye mṛtyava ekaśataṃ yā nāṣṭrā atitāryāḥ