Agnyastra, Agni-astra: 4 definitions
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryAgnyastra (अग्न्यस्त्र).—fire-missile, a rocket,
Derivable forms: agnyastram (अग्न्यस्त्रम्).
Agnyastra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms agni and astra (अस्त्र).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryAgnyastra (अग्न्यस्त्र).—n.
(-straṃ) Fire-arms; in poetry, it is usually applied to a superhuman power over the element of fire, but occasionally indicates, apparently, a rocket. E. agni, astra a weapon.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Goldstücker Sanskrit-English DictionaryAgnyastra (अग्न्यस्त्र):—[tatpurusha compound] n.
(-stram) Fire-arms; in poetry, it is usually applied to a superhuman power over the element of fire, but occasionally indicates, apparently, a rocket. E. agni and astra.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Hindi dictionary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionaryAgnyastra (अग्न्यस्त्र):—(nm) firearms.
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Partial matches: Agni, Astra, Ani.
Full-text: Astra.
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Kavyamimamsa of Rajasekhara (Study) (by Debabrata Barai)
Part 20 - Study Conducted on Rājaśekhara’s Kāvyamīmāṃsā < [Chapter 1 - Introduction]
Laghu-yoga-vasistha (by K. Narayanasvami Aiyar)
Part 14 - The Story of a Muni and a Hunter < [Chapter VI - Nirvāṇa-prakaraṇa]
The Bhagavata Purana (by G. V. Tagare)
Chapter 63 - Bāṇa Vanquished—Aniruddha brought to Dvārakā < [Book 10 - Tenth Skandha]