rāṣṭra राष्ट्र See s.v. rāṣṭrá m. n. (fr. √ rāj; g. ardharcādi; m. only, [MBh. xiii, 3050]) a kingdom ([Mn. vii, 157] one of the 5 Prakṛtis of the state), realm, empire, dominion, district, country, [RV.] &c. &c. a people, nation, subjects, [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c. any public calamity (as famine, plague &c.), affliction, [L.] rāṣṭrá m. N. of a king (son of Kāśi), [BhP.] rāṣṭradā राष्ट्रदा rāṣṭra—dā́ mfn. conferring dominion, [MaitrS.] rāṣṭraka राष्ट्रक (ifc.) = rāṣṭra, a kingdom, country &c., [MBh.] mfn. dwelling in a kingdom or country, [BhP.] rāṣṭrabhṛt राष्ट्रभृत् rāṣṭra—bhṛ́t m. ‘bearing sway’, (prob.) a tributary prince, [AV.]; [AitBr.]; [Kāṭh.] N. of dice, [AV.] of a son of Bharata, [BhP.] rāṣṭra—bhṛ́t f. N. of an Apsaras, [AV.] of partic. prayers and oblations (-tvá n.), [TS.]; [ŚBr.]; [GṛŚrS.] rāṣṭrabhaya राष्ट्रभय rāṣṭra—bhaya n. fear for a kingdom, danger threatening a country, [VarBṛS.] rāṣṭrabheda राष्ट्रभेद rāṣṭra—bheda m. division of a kingdom, [Kathās.] rāṣṭrabhṛti राष्ट्रभृति rāṣṭra—bhṛ́ti f. ([TS.]) maintenance of government or authority. rāṣṭradevī राष्ट्रदेवी rāṣṭra—devī f. N. of the wife of Citra-bhānu, [Vās., Introd.] rāṣṭragopa राष्ट्रगोप rāṣṭra—gopa m. a guardian or protector of a kingdom, [AitBr.] rāṣṭrakāma राष्ट्रकाम rāṣṭrá—kāma (rāṣṭrá-), mfn. desiring a kingdom, [TS.] rāṣṭrakūṭa राष्ट्रकूट rāṣṭra—kūṭa m. N. of a man, [HPariś.] of a people, [Inscr.] rāṣṭrapālī राष्ट्रपाली rāṣṭra—pālī (ī), f. N. of a daughter of Ugra-sena, [Hariv.]; [Pur.] rāṣṭrapāla राष्ट्रपाल rāṣṭra—pāla m. ‘protector of a kingdom’, a sovereign, [BhP.] N. of a son of Ugra-sena, [Hariv.]; [Pur.] of another man, [Buddh.] rāṣṭrapata राष्ट्रपत rāṣṭra—pata mfn. (fr. next) g. aśvapaty-ādi. rāṣṭrapati राष्ट्रपति rāṣṭrá—pati (rāṣṭrá-), m. ‘lord of a kingdom’, a sovereign, [ŚBr.]; [MBh.] rāṣṭrabhaṅga राष्ट्रभङ्ग rāṣṭra—bhaṅga m. breaking up or dissolution of a kingdom, [Dhūrtas.] rāṣṭrabhedin राष्ट्रभेदिन् rāṣṭra—bhedin m. ‘subverter of a kingdom’, a rebel, [ib.] rāṣṭrabhṛtya राष्ट्रभृत्य rāṣṭra—bhṛ́tya n. ([AV.]) maintenance of government or authority. rāṣṭradipsu राष्ट्रदिप्सु rāṣṭra—dipsú mfn. intending to injure a kingdom, menacing a country, [AV.] rāṣṭragupti राष्ट्रगुप्ति rāṣṭra—gupti f. protection of a kingdom, [MBh.] rāṣṭramukhya राष्ट्रमुख्य rāṣṭra—mukhya m. the chief of a kingdom or country, [Daś.] rāṣṭravāsin राष्ट्रवासिन् rāṣṭra—vāsin m. an inhabitant of a kingdom, subject, [L.] rāṣṭrabhṛttva राष्ट्रभृत्त्व rāṣṭra—bhṛt—tvá n. rāṣṭrapālikā राष्ट्रपालिका rāṣṭra—pālikā f. = -pālī, [BhP.] rāṣṭratantra राष्ट्रतन्त्र rāṣṭra—tantra n. system of government, administration, [R.] rāṣṭrakarṣaṇa राष्ट्रकर्षण rāṣṭra—karṣaṇa n. distressing or oppressing a kingdom, [Mn. vii, 512.] rāṣṭravardhana राष्ट्रवर्धन rāṣṭra—vardhana mfn. increasing a kingdom, exalting dominion, [R.] rāṣṭra—vardhana m. N. of a minister of Daśa-ratha and Rāma, [ib.] rāṣṭraviplava राष्ट्रविप्लव rāṣṭra—viplava m. calamity or ruin of a kingdom, [Cāṇ.] (v.l.) rāṣṭravivṛddhi राष्ट्रविवृद्धि rāṣṭra—vivṛddhi f. increase or prosperity of a kingdom, [VarBṛS.] rāṣṭrasaṃvarga राष्ट्रसंवर्ग rāṣṭra—saṃvarga m. N. of a Pariśiṣṭa of the [AV.] rāṣṭrapālaparipṛcchā राष्ट्रपालपरिपृच्छा rāṣṭra—pā°la-paripṛcchā f. N. of wk.