Hastavapa, Hastāvāpa, Hasta-avapa, Hastavāpa, Hasta-vapa: 5 definitions
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryHastāvāpa (हस्तावाप).—
1) a finger-guard (jyāghātavāraṇam); V.5; Ś.6.
2) a hand-fetter; व्यालकुञ्जरदुर्गेषु सर्पचोरभयेषु च । हस्तावापेन गच्छन्ति नास्तिकाः किमतः परम् (vyālakuñjaradurgeṣu sarpacorabhayeṣu ca | hastāvāpena gacchanti nāstikāḥ kimataḥ param) || Mahābhārata (Bombay) 12.181.5.
Derivable forms: hastāvāpaḥ (हस्तावापः).
Hastāvāpa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hasta and āvāpa (आवाप).
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Hastavāpa (हस्तवाप).—= हस्तक्षेपः (hastakṣepaḥ) shooting (arrows) with the hand; यस्यैकषष्टिर्निशितास्तीक्ष्णधाराः सुवाससः संमतो हस्तवापः (yasyaikaṣaṣṭirniśitāstīkṣṇadhārāḥ suvāsasaḥ saṃmato hastavāpaḥ) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 5.23.22.
Derivable forms: hastavāpaḥ (हस्तवापः).
Hastavāpa is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms hasta and vāpa (वाप).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryHastāvāpa (हस्तावाप).—m.
(-paḥ) A finger-guard used by archers.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryHastāvāpa (हस्तावाप).—[masculine] hand-protector (cf. hastaghna).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary1) Hastavāpa (हस्तवाप):—[=hasta-vāpa] [from hasta] m. scattering or shooting a shower of arrows with the h°, [Mahābhārata]
2) Hastāvāpa (हस्तावाप):—[from hasta] m. ‘hand-covering’, a hand-guard or finger. guard (used by archers), [Mahābhārata; Rāmāyaṇa] etc.
3) [v.s. ...] seizing an arrow with the h°, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]
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