(or stṝ), cl. 5. 9. P. Ā. ([Dhātup. xxvii, 6]; [xxxi, 14]) stṛṇóti, stṛṇute or stṛṇāti, stṛṇīté (Ved. and ep. also stárati, °te; pf. tastāra, tastare [3. pl. tastaruḥ, tastarire] [Br.] &c.; 3. sg. [with pass. sense] tistiré, [RV.]; 3. pl. tastrire, [AV.]; p. Ā. tistirāṇá, [RV.]; aor. ástar, star, [ib.]; astṛṣi, astṛta, [AitBr.]; astarīt, [AV.]; astārṣīt, astarīṣṭa or astariṣṭa, astīrṣṭa Gr.; Prec. stṛṣīya, [AV.]; staryāt or stīryāt; stṛṣīṣṭa, starīṣīṣṭa or stariṣīṣṭa, stīrṣīṣṭa Gr.; fut. startā Gr.; stariṣyati, te° [Gr. also starīṣ°] [Br.] &c.; inf. startum or starītum or staritum Gr.; stártave, °tavai, starītavaí or staritavaí, [Br.]; stárītave, [AV.]; -stíre, -stṛṇīṣáṇi, [RV.]; ind.p. stīrtvā́ or stṛtvā́, [Br.]; -stīrya, [ib.]; -stṛtya, [MBh.]), to spread, spread out or about, strew, scatter (esp. the sacrificial grass; in this sense in older language only cl. 9. P. Ā.), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [ŚrS.]; [R.]; to spread over, bestrew, cover, [KātyŚr.]; [MBh.] &c.; (cl. 5. P. Ā.) to lay low, overthrow, slay (an enemy), [RV.]; [AV.]; [Br.]; [Up.] : Pass. stīryate (°ti) or striyáte (Gr. also staryate; aor. ástāri), to be spread or strewn &c., [RV.] &c. &c.: Caus. stārayati (aor. atastarat), to spread, cover, [Bhaṭṭ.] : Desid. tistīrṣate or tústūrṣate (Gr. also P. and tistarīṣati or tistariṣati, °te), to wish to spread or strew or lay low, [Br.]; [Up.] : Intens. tāstaryate, testīryate, tāstarti Gr. [cf. Gk. στορέννυμι, στρώννυμι; Lat. sternere; Goth. straujan; Germ. streuen; Angl.Sax. streowian; Eng. strew.]
stṛ́ m. (only in pl. nom. stṛṇas [?] gen. stṛṇām [v.l. stṝnām] and instr. pl. stṛ́bhis; cf. tṛ́ nom. pl. tāras) a star (as the ‘light-strewer’ or [pl.] the ‘scattered ones’), [RV.]; [Jyot.]
a mark or star-like spot (on the forehead of a bull or cow), [RV.]
[cf. Lat. stella; Germ. Stern; Eng. star; accord. to some for as-tṛ (√ 2. as); cf. Gk. ἀστήρ, ἄστρον.]