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Word (IAST)Word (Devanagari)Overview
śastaशस्तśastá mfn. (for 2. See under √ śas) recited repeated, [RV.]
praised, commended, approved, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
auspicious (cf. á-ś°), [AV.]; [Rājat.]
beautiful, [R.]
happy, fortunate, [Kathās.]
śastá n. praise, eulogy, [RV.]
happiness, excellence, [W.]
mfn. (for 1. See p. 1044, col. 1) cut down, slaughtered, killed, [MBh. iii, 1638.]
śastakaशस्तकn. = loha, [L.] (prob. w.r. for śastraka)
a defence for the finger of an archer (= aṅgulitrāṇa), [L.]
śastatāशस्तताśasta—tā f. excellence, [MārkP.]
śastavyaशस्तव्यmfn. to be recited or praised, [MW.]
śastakeśakaशस्तकेशकśasta—keśaka mfn. having excellent or beautiful hair, [L.]