istrI
istrī, istri (= Aśokan id. [ Shāh. , Mān. ]; Skt. strī; see s.v. iṣṭikā, iṣṭī ), woman : SP 358.6 ; 455.3 ; LV 42.17 ; 80.10 ; 193.14 (istriya gen. pl. , = striyām); 195.16 ; 242.17 ; 330.14, 18 ; 340.1 ; Mv i.303.20 ; 304.4 ; all the prec. vss ; Mv ii.70.1 (prose) istriyā ( instr. sg. ; v.l. iṣṭiyā ) sma parājitā, na ca kahiṃcit istriyo ( n. pl. ; v.l. iṣṭiyā, q.v. ) rājā, sarvatra puruṣo ( Senart °ṣā) rājā; 71.1 istriye ( instr. sg. , v.l. iṣṭiye); 321.23 istrī-( v.l. iṣṭī-)sahasraiḥ; iii.26.21 istriye (oblique case); 84.8, 14 istrīhi ( instr. pl. ); Śikṣ 242.13 ( vs ) istriṇāṃ ( gen. pl. ); Gv 254.16 ( vs ) istri-koṭi; 255.18 ( vs ) istri-gaṇaś ca.