rāṣṭra

Dictionary Definitions

[mw] mn. (fr. rāj; g. ardharcādi; m. only MBh. xiii, 3050) a kingdom (Mn. vii, 157 one of the 5 Prakr2itis prakfti s of the state), realm, empire, dominion, district, country RV. &c 879,2 177789 m. a people, nation, subjects Mn.; MBh. &c 879,2 177790 m. any public calamity (as famine, plague &c), affliction L. 879,2 177791 m. N. of a king (son of Ka1s3i kāśi) BhP. 113375 879,2 177792

Root

Appears in 70 texts

Lexicon Preview

mn. (fr. rāj; g. ardharcādi; m. only MBh. xiii, 3050) a kingdom (Mn. vii, 157 one of the 5 Prakr2itis prakfti s of the state), realm, empire, dominion, district, country RV. &c...

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech

NOUN

Total Occurrences

786

Texts Appeared In

53

DCS: sacred or belonging to or coming from Indra and Agni | Monier-Williams: rAzwra/ m. N. of a king (son of Kāśi ), BhP.

Semantic Classification

Top Texts by Occurrence

1. Mahābhārata 268 34.1%
2. Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 99 12.6%
3. Vājasaneyisaṃhitā (Mādhyandina) 68 8.7%
4. Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) 47 6.0%
5. Atharvaveda (Śaunaka) 42 5.3%

Concordance (Sample)

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: rāṣṭra

  svarāṣṭrarañjanaṃ caiva vaidehyāś ca visarjanam

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: rāṣṭre

  nāsīt pure vā rāṣṭre vā mṛṣāvādī naraḥ kvacit

• Rāmāyaṇa surface: rāṣṭraṃ

  praśāntaṃ sarvam evāsīd rāṣṭraṃ puravaraṃ ca tat