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.]