SastraM [ Sas-zwrn ] 1 A weapon, arms; kzamASastraM kare yasya durjanaH kiM karizyati Subhāṣ. , R. 2. 40 , 3. 51 , 62 ; 5. 28. 2 An instrument, a tool in general. 3 Iron. 4 Steel. 5 A hymn of praise ( stotra ). 6 Repetition, recitation. Comp. — abyAsaH the practice of arms. military exercise. — ayasaM 1 steel. 2 iron. — astraM 1 weapons for striking and throwing, arms and missiles. 2 arms or weapons generally. — AjIvaH, -upajIvin m. a professional soldier. — udyamaH lifting up a weapon (to strike). — upakaraRaM arms or instruments of war, military apparatus. — kAraH an armourer. — kozaH the sheath or scabbard of any weapon. — grAhin a. taking up or wearing arms (for battle); SastragrAhI brAhnaRo jAmadagnayaH U. 5. 33. — jIvin, -vftti m. one living by the use of arms, a professional soldier. — devatA the deity presiding over weapons. — DaraH = SastraBft q. v. — nyAsaH laying down arms; so Sastra (pari) tyAgaH . — paRi a. bearing arms, arm. ed. ( — m. ) an armed warrior. — pUta a. ‘purified by arms’, rendered pure or absolved from guilt by being killed with a weapon on the battle-field; aSastrapUtaM nirvyAjaM ( mahAmAMsaM ) Māl. 5. 12 ; (see Jagaddhara 's explanation of the word); ahamapi tasya miTyApratijYOvalakzyasaMpAditamaSastrapUtaM maraRamupadiSAmi Ve. 2. — prahAraH a wound inflicted with a weapon. — Bft m. 1 a soldier, warrior; R. 2. 40. 2 an armed man. — mArjaH a weapon-cleaner, an armourer, a furbisher. — vidyA, -SAstraM the science of ( pb ) arms. — saMhatiH f. 1 a collection of arms. 2 an arsenal. — saMpAtaH a sudden fall of a number of weapons. — hata a. killed by a weapon. — hasta a. armed. — (staH) an armed man.