Stri, Stṝ, Strī, Stṛ, Śtrī, Shtri: 38 definitions

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Stri means something in Buddhism, Pali, Hinduism, Sanskrit, Jainism, Prakrit, Marathi, Hindi, Tamil. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit terms Stṝ and Stṛ and Śtrī can be transliterated into English as Str or Stri or Shtri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Puranic Encyclopedia

Strī (स्त्री).—Origin. In both Hindu and Christian scriptures, the story about the origin of woman appears to be similar. It is stated in Manusmṛti, Chapter 1, Verse 32, that Brahmā divided his body into two and made one part male and the other part female and the male embraced the female, from which union was born the Virāṭpuruṣa. (See full article at Story of Strī from the Puranic encyclopaedia by Vettam Mani)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Strī (स्त्री) refers to “beautiful women”, mentioned as one of the potential rewards of Śiva-worship, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.1.12:—“[...] those who desire magnificent buildings, beautiful ornaments, beautiful women (strī), wealth to satiety, sons and grandsons, health, splendid body, extraordinary status, heavenly happiness and final salvation or profound devotion to the great lord shall duly worship Śiva by virtue of their merit accumulated by them. Sure success will be his who regularly worships Śiva liṅga with great devotion. He will never be afflicted by sins”.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

1a) Strī (स्त्री).—The region of adharma, and of Kali;1 duties and behaviour of; to be avoided by a Brahmacārin;2 becomes Keśaśūla in Kali; more women than men; unfit for rule, if there were no husband;3 killing a woman a heinous crime; Hari cursed to be born on earth for having slain Bhṛgu's wife.4 No śīla or vrata; but fond of wine and meat in the Kali age;5 conditions making her unfit for intercourse;6 to be honoured and not to be fully confided.7

  • 1) Bhāgavata-purāṇa I. 17. 38.
  • 2) Ib. VII. 11. 25. 29; 12. 7-9.
  • 3) Brahmāṇḍa-purāṇa II. 31. 51 and 54: IV. 14. 15.
  • 4) Ib. II. 36. 181 and 18{??}; III. 72. 138-40.
  • 5) Vāyu-purāṇa 58. 43.
  • 6) Viṣṇu-purāṇa III. 11. 115-17.
  • 7) Ib. III. 12. 30.

1b) In Kali age; personal charm in the possession of hair; deserts her husband for power; a wealthy man, considered as husband; fickle, short of stature, and gluttonous, speaks lies, is indecent and immoral; child bearing at the age of 5 or 6;1 by honouring her husband she is elevated.2

  • 1) Viṣṇu-purāṇa VI. 17-18, 28-31, 41.
  • 2) Ib. VI. 2. 28-9.
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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Natyashastra (theatrics and dramaturgy)

Source: Wisdom Library: Nāṭya-śāstra

Strī (स्त्री) refers to “women” who have dealings with the king whose classes have been defined on the Nāṭyaśāstra chapter 34.

The classes and functions of women (strī) who have dealings with the king are:

  1. chief queen (mahādevī),
  2. other queens (devī),
  3. other highborn wives (svāminī),
  4. ordinary wives (sthāyinī),
  5. concubines (bhoginī),
  6. crafts-women (śilpakāriṇī),
  7. actresses (nāṭakīyā),
  8. dancers (nartakī),
  9. maids in constant attendance (anucārikā),
  10. maids of special work (paricārikā),
  11. maids in constant movement (sañcārikā),
  12. maids for running errands (preṣaṇacārikā),
  13. matrons (mahattarī),
  14. ushers (pratihārī),
  15. maidens (kumārī),
  16. old dames (sthavirā or vṛddhā),
  17. female overseers (āyuktikā).

These in brief are the different classes women of the royal harem.

Source: archive.org: Natya Shastra

Strī (स्त्री).—In this world people always desire happiness of which women are indeed the source. These women are of various nature: the nature of gods (devas), asuras, gandharvas, rākṣasas, nāgas, birds (śākuna or patatrin), piśācas, yakṣas, tigers (vyāla), men (nara or mānuṣa), monkeys (vānara), elephants (hastin), deer (mṛga), fish (mīna or matsya), camel (uṣṭra), makara, asses (khara), horses (vājin or haya), buffaloes (mahiṣa), goats (aja), dogs, cows (go) and the like.

Women who have the nature of various animals are of three classes:

  1. “homely” (ābhyantara, lit. inside)
  2. “public” (bāhya, lit. outside),
  3. “mixed” (bāyābhyantara, lit. outside and inside).
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Natyashastra (नाट्यशास्त्र, nāṭyaśāstra) refers to both the ancient Indian tradition (shastra) of performing arts, (natya—theatrics, drama, dance, music), as well as the name of a Sanskrit work dealing with these subjects. It also teaches the rules for composing Dramatic plays (nataka), construction and performance of Theater, and Poetic works (kavya).

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Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

1) Strī (स्त्री).—The sense of the feminine; cf. स्थ्रियाम् (sthriyām) P. IV. 0.3-81

2) Strī.—A word ending with an affix in the sense of femininity such as टापू, डाप् (ṭāpū, ḍāp) or चापू (cāpū) or ङीपू, ङीषू (ṅīpū, ṅīṣū) or ङीनू (ṅīnū) or the like; cf. स्त्रीभ्यो ढक् (strībhyo ḍhak) IV. 1.120;

3) Strī.—A word in the sense of feminine cf. स्त्री पुवच्च (strī puvacca) P. I. 2.66.

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Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

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Chandas (prosody, study of Sanskrit metres)

Source: Shodhganga: a concise history of Sanskrit Chanda literature

1) Śtrī (श्त्री) refers to one of the 135 metres (chandas) mentioned by Nañjuṇḍa (1794-1868 C.E.) in his Vṛttaratnāvalī. Nañjuṇḍa was a poet of both Kannada and Sanskrit literature flourished in the court of the famous Kṛṣṇarāja Woḍeyar of Mysore. He introduces the names of these metres (e.g., Śtrī) in 20 verses.

2) Strī (स्त्री) refers to one of the 130 varṇavṛttas (syllabo-quantitative verse) dealt with in the second chapter of the Vṛttamuktāvalī, ascribed to Durgādatta (19th century), author of eight Sanskrit work and patronised by Hindupati: an ancient king of the Bundela tribe (presently Bundelkhand of Uttar Pradesh). A Varṇavṛtta (e.g., strī) refers to a type of classical Sanskrit metre depending on syllable count where the light-heavy patterns are fixed.

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Chandas (छन्दस्) refers to Sanskrit prosody and represents one of the six Vedangas (auxiliary disciplines belonging to the study of the Vedas). The science of prosody (chandas-shastra) focusses on the study of the poetic meters such as the commonly known twenty-six metres mentioned by Pingalas.

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Dharmashastra (religious law)

Source: Google Books: Manusmṛti with the Manubhāṣya

Strī (स्त्री) refers to the “pleasure of women”, which is considered as very harmful (kaṣṭatama), according to the Manusmṛti 7.50. Accordingly, “[...] in the set arising from love of pleasure (kāmaja),—drinking (pāna), dice (akṣa), women (strī) and hunting (mṛgayā) are to be regarded as the four most pernicious (kaṣṭatama), in the order in which they are named”.

Strī (‘women’) and Mada (‘intoxication’)—The fact of these two being evils is well known.

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Dharmashastra (धर्मशास्त्र, dharmaśāstra) contains the instructions (shastra) regarding religious conduct of livelihood (dharma), ceremonies, jurisprudence (study of law) and more. It is categorized as smriti, an important and authoritative selection of books dealing with the Hindu lifestyle.

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Jyotisha (astronomy and astrology)

Source: Wisdom Library: Brihat Samhita by Varahamihira

Strī (स्त्री) refers to “women”, according to the Bṛhatsaṃhitā (chapter 2), an encyclopedic Sanskrit work written by Varāhamihira mainly focusing on the science of ancient Indian astronomy astronomy (Jyotiṣa).—Accordingly, “A true Astrologer is also one who has thoroughly mastered the Science of Saṃhitā. [...] It also treats of the prediction of events from the flight of the kañjana and from the appearance of various abnormal phenomena, of expiatory ceremonies; of miscellaneous planetary phenomena; of ghṛta-kambala; of the royal sword; of paṭa; of the features of a house cock, a cow, a sheep, a horse, an elephant, a man and a woman [i.e., strī]. It also treats of the treatment of women; of moles in the body; of injuries to shoes and clothes; of hairy fans; of walking sticks: of beds and seats; of lamplight; of tooth brush and the like”.

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Jyotisha (ज्योतिष, jyotiṣa or jyotish) refers to ‘astronomy’ or “Vedic astrology” and represents the fifth of the six Vedangas (additional sciences to be studied along with the Vedas). Jyotisha concerns itself with the study and prediction of the movements of celestial bodies, in order to calculate the auspicious time for rituals and ceremonies.

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Shaktism (Shakta philosophy)

Source: Google Books: Manthanabhairavatantram

Strī (स्त्री) refers to one of the nine attendants of Goddess Tvaritā, according to the Agnipurāṇa, the Tantrarāja verse 14.15-16 and the Kulakaulinīmata verse 3.82-88.—Accordingly, “[...] 4) Chedinī (the Piercing One) is blue. She holds a sword and club (kheṭaka). 5) Dakṣā (Skillful) is dark blue (śyāmā) and, auspicious, holds a snake and noose. 6) Strī is yellow and has a flag as (her) attribute. [...]”.

Note: These nine attendants (e.g., Strī) embody the syllables of Tvaritā’s Vidyā that are the initials of their names. The same nine are listed in the Tantrarāja as the attendants of Tvaritā. They are worshipped on the eight petals of a lotus as the energies of the letters of Tvaritā’s mantra (mantrārṇaśakti).

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Shakta (शाक्त, śākta) or Shaktism (śāktism) represents a tradition of Hinduism where the Goddess (Devi) is revered and worshipped. Shakta literature includes a range of scriptures, including various Agamas and Tantras, although its roots may be traced back to the Vedas.

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Yoga (school of philosophy)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions (yoga)

Strī (स्त्री) or Vanitā refers to “female” (=feminine), according to the Amṛtasiddhi, a 12th-century text belonging to the Haṭhayoga textual tradition.—Accordingly, “Know bindu to be of two kinds (dvividha), male and female (vanitā). Semen (bīja) is said to be the male [bindu] and rajas (female generative fluid) is female (strī). As a result of their external union people are created. When they are united internally, then one is declared a yogi. [...]

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Yoga is originally considered a branch of Hindu philosophy (astika), but both ancient and modern Yoga combine the physical, mental and spiritual. Yoga teaches various physical techniques also known as āsanas (postures), used for various purposes (eg., meditation, contemplation, relaxation).

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Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions

Strī (स्त्री) (Cf. Nārī) refers to “women”, according to the 13th-century Matsyendrasaṃhitā: a Kubjikā-Tripurā oriented Tantric Yoga text of the Ṣaḍanvayaśāmbhava tradition from South India.—Accordingly, “Contempt [for these] will make him fall immediately here in this world and in the other world, O Pārvatī. He should not follow the path of the paśus [i.e. that of the uninitiated] and he should not long for the leftover of paśus. He should strive for an encounter with the Yoginīs. He should not have sex with uninitiated women (paśu-strī). He should not give leftovers to the uninitiated. He should never abuse women. [...]”.

Source: SOAS University of London: Protective Rites in the Netra Tantra

Strī (स्त्री) refers to “women”, according to the Netratantra of Kṣemarāja: a Śaiva text from the 9th century in which Śiva (Bhairava) teaches Pārvatī topics such as metaphysics, cosmology, and soteriology.—Accordingly, [verse 13.29-36, while describing the appearance and worship of Rudra]—“The Buddha, the great Yogi, sits on a lotus, [head] bent, listening, and wearing mendicant’s rags. [He possesses] beautiful lotus eyes, has a lotus-shaped mark, and is fixed with a jewel. [He is] established in the world, positioned in Samādhi, his hands [making the] wish-granting and protection [mudrās]. Deva holds a rudrākṣa and a lotus. Thus, [the Mantrin] should worship and meditate upon Buddha, [who] grants the fruits of mokṣa to women (strīstrīṇāṃ mokṣaphalapradaḥ)”.

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

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Sports, Arts and Entertainment (wordly enjoyments)

Source: archive.org: Syainika Sastra of Rudradeva with English Translation (art)

Strī (स्त्री) refers to “women” (i.e., “one’s wife”), and represents one of the eighteen Addictions or Vices (vyasana) which are to be practised within proper bounds for the delight of the enjoyments of the world, according to the Śyainika-śāstra: a Sanskrit treatise dealing with the divisions and benefits of Hunting and Hawking, written by Rājā Rudradeva (or Candradeva) in possibly the 13th century.—Accordingly, “[...] It has been said that there are eighteen addictions. These are the outcome of the desire for earthly enjovments. [...] Wise men speak of that wife (strī) as a wife who has auspicious marks and who knows the fine arts, who is clever, who is loved by her husband, and who is young and modest. She is the chief instrument in attaining the three objects of life, and she is the distinguishing feature of domestic life. She looks after the children and the utensils and other articles of the household, and she charms the mind. [...]”.

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This section covers the skills and profiencies of the Kalas (“performing arts”) and Shastras (“sciences”) involving ancient Indian traditions of sports, games, arts, entertainment, love-making and other means of wordly enjoyments. Traditionally these topics were dealt with in Sanskrit treatises explaing the philosophy and the justification of enjoying the pleasures of the senses.

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General definition (in Hinduism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Hinduism

Strī (स्त्री) is the Sanskrit word referring to “woman” or “female” in general, as opposed to Puṃs, which refers to “man” or “male”.

Source: archive.org: Vedic index of Names and Subjects

1) Stṛ (स्तृ) (used in the instrumental plural only) denotes the ‘stars’ of heaven.

2) Strī (स्त्री) is the ordinary word in poetry and prose for ‘woman’, without special reference to her as a wife or as a maiden. Nārī has the same sense, but disappears in later prose, while Gnā refers only to the wives of the gods, and Yoṣit, with its cognate words, denotes the young woman as ripe for marriage. In the Rigveda Strī stands opposed to Pumāṃs, ‘man’, and once to vṛṣan, ‘male person’; not until the Atharvaveda does it mean ‘wife’ as opposed to Pati, ‘husband’, and even in the Sūtras it is sharply opposed to Jāyā.

Source: Hindu Dharma Forums: Mantra /Sanskrit Question

Strī (स्त्री) is defined as the feminine gender yet also is defined as the 'bearer of children'; the word is also found as strīm and strīs - a woman , female , wife

In Buddhism

Mahayana (major branch of Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Maha Prajnaparamita Sastra

Strī (स्त्री) refers to a “woman”, according to Mahāprajñāpāramitāśāstra (chapter 31).—Accordingly, “What is the impurity of the place of birth? Head (śiras), feet (pāda), belly (udara), back (pṛṣṭha), thighs (pārśva), that which is called a woman’s body (strī-kāya) is a collection of impure things. Inwardly, it contains a stomach (āmāśaya), a belly (pakvāśaya), excrement (viṣ), urine (mūtra) and [other] impurities (aśuci). Outwardly (bahirdhā), there is a wind (vāta) conditioned by the afflictions (kleśa) and actions (karman), a wind that blows on the seed-consciousness (vijñānabīja) and introduces it within the two viscera. During eight or nine months, the seed-consciousness dwells in a pit of excrement and urine (vinmūtragarta). [...]”.

Source: De Gruyter: A Buddhist Ritual Manual on Agriculture

Strī (स्त्री) refers to the “women”, according to the Vajratuṇḍasamayakalparāja, an ancient Buddhist ritual manual on agriculture from the 5th-century (or earlier), containing various instructions for the Sangha to provide agriculture-related services to laypeople including rain-making, weather control and crop protection.—Accordingly, [when the Bhagavān reached the vicinity of the residence of Vaiśravaṇa], “[...] All people, women (strī), men, boys and girls, cattle, horses, mares, buffaloes, elephants, camels, donkeys and so on became delighted by comfort. That lotus lake had an expansion of two yojanas and [a depth of] a fathom all around in the four directions. [...]”

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Mahayana (महायान, mahāyāna) is a major branch of Buddhism focusing on the path of a Bodhisattva (spiritual aspirants/ enlightened beings). Extant literature is vast and primarely composed in the Sanskrit language. There are many sūtras of which some of the earliest are the various Prajñāpāramitā sūtras.

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General definition (in Buddhism)

Source: Wisdom Library: Dharma-samgraha

Strī (स्त्री, “woman”) or Strīratna refers to the “woman jewel” and represents the fifth of the “seven jewels of universal monarchs” (saptaratna) as defined in the Dharma-saṃgraha (section 85). The Dharma-samgraha (Dharmasangraha) is an extensive glossary of Buddhist technical terms in Sanskrit (e.g., strī). The work is attributed to Nagarjuna who lived around the 2nd century A.D.

In Jainism

General definition (in Jainism)

Source: Google Books: Jainism: An Indian Religion of Salvation

Strī (स्त्री, “woman”).—One of the fourteen gems (ratna) serving the Cakravartin;—Strī is a most beautiful woman, eternally young, warm at touch in cold season and cool in hot season, energising the husband constantly to new pleasure by her look and driving away disease by her touch.

Source: archive.org: Trisastisalakapurusacaritra

Strī (स्त्री, “women”) refers to one of the  hardships (parīṣaha), or “series of trials hard to endure” according to the Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra 10.1 (Incarnation as Nandana). While practicing penance for a lac of years, Muni Nandana also endured a series of trials hard to endure (e.g., strī). Nandana is the name of a king as well as one of Mahāvīra’s previous births.

Source: The University of Sydney: A study of the Twelve Reflections

Strī (स्त्री) refers to “wives”, according to the 11th century Jñānārṇava, a treatise on Jain Yoga in roughly 2200 Sanskrit verses composed by Śubhacandra.—Accordingly, “If children, wives, wealth, relations (strīputrastrīdhanabāndhavāḥ) [and] bodies will inevitably go away, then why is one distressed uselessly for the sake of them?”.

Synonyms: Vallabha, Rāma, Strī, Kalatra, Yoṣit, Aṅganā.

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

strī (स्त्री).—f (S) A woman: also a female animal. 2 One's wife, the wife of. 3 The female of trees and plants. 4 A word of the feminine gender. Ex. lēkhaṇī hī strī āṇi cākū hā purūṣa.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

strī (स्त्री).—f A woman; one's wife.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Stṛ (स्तृ).—I. 5 U. (stṛṇoti, stṛṇute, stṛta; pass. staryate)

1) To spread, strew, cover, spread on or over; (mahīṃ) तस्तार सरघाव्याप्तैः स क्षौद्रपटलैरिव (tastāra saraghāvyāptaiḥ sa kṣaudrapaṭalairiva) R.4.63;7.58.

2) To spread, expand, diffuse.

3) To scatter, spread about.

4) To clothe, cover, overspread, envelop.

5) To kill. -Caus. (stārayati-te) To overspread, cover, strew; रक्तेनाचिक्लद- द्भूमिं सैन्यैश्चातस्तरद्धतैः (raktenāciklada- dbhūmiṃ sainyaiścātastaraddhataiḥ) Bhaṭṭikāvya 15.48. -Desid. (tistīrṣati-te). -II. 5 P. (stṛṇoti) To please, gratify.

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Stṛ (स्तृ).—m A star.

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Stṝ (स्तॄ).—9 U. (stṛṇāti, stṛṇīte, stīrṇa; desid. tistari-rī-ṣati-te, tistīrṣati-te) To cover, strew &c.; see स्तृ (stṛ).

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Strī (स्त्री).—[styāyete śukraśoṇite yasyām]

1) A woman; श्रुतं दृष्टं स्पृष्टं स्मृतमि नृणां ह्लादजननं न रत्नं स्त्रीभ्योऽन्यत् क्वचिदपि कृतं लोकपतिना । तदर्थं धर्मार्थो विभववरसौख्यानि च ततो गृहे लक्ष्म्यो मान्याः सततमबला मानविभवैः (śrutaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ spṛṣṭaṃ smṛtami nṛṇāṃ hlādajananaṃ na ratnaṃ strībhyo'nyat kvacidapi kṛtaṃ lokapatinā | tadarthaṃ dharmārtho vibhavavarasaukhyāni ca tato gṛhe lakṣmyo mānyāḥ satatamabalā mānavibhavaiḥ) || Subh. Ratn.

2) A female of any animal; गजस्त्री, हरिणस्त्री (gajastrī, hariṇastrī) &c.; स्त्रीणामशिक्षितपटुत्वममानुषीषु (strīṇāmaśikṣitapaṭutvamamānuṣīṣu) Ś.5.22.

3) A wife; स्त्रीणां भर्ता धर्मदाराश्च पुंसाम् (strīṇāṃ bhartā dharmadārāśca puṃsām) Mālatīmādhava (Bombay) 6.18; Meghadūta 28.

4) A white ant.

5) The Priyaṅgu plant.

6) The feminine gender, or a word used in that gender; आपः स्त्रीभूम्नि (āpaḥ strībhūmni) Ak.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Edgerton Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit Dictionary

Strī (स्त्री).—(= Sanskrit), woman. ‘Even now a woman never attains five stations (sthānāni): those of Brahman, Śakra, a mahārāja (= lokapāla), a cakravartin, and an avai- vartika-bodhisattva’ Saddharmapuṇḍarīka 264.11 ff.; in [Buddhist Hybrid Sanskrit] often replaced by mātṛgrāma, and by stryāgāra.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Stṛ (स्तृ).—r. 5th cl. (stṛṇīti stṛṇute) 1. To cover, to clothe, to spread on or over, to strew. 2. To kill. (-stṛṇoti) 1. To love. 2. To protect. With vi prefixed, 1. To spread widely, to extend. 2. To diffuse or prolix. 3. To cover. With upa, To arrange. With pari, 1. To spread. 2. To cover. 3. To arrange.

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Stṝ (स्तॄ).—r. 9th cl. (-stṛṇāti stṛṇīte) To clothe, to cover, to spread on or over more properly ṣṭṝ.

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Strī (स्त्री).—f. (-strī) 1. A woman or female in general. 2. A wife. E. styai to sound, ḍraṭ Unadi aff., ṅīp fem. aff.; or ṣṭu to praise, ḍraṭ aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Stṛ (स्तृ).—ii. 5, stṛṇu, and stṝ StṚ10, ii. 9, stṛṇā, ṇī, [Parasmaipada.] [Ātmanepada.] 1. To spread, to expand. 2. To cover, [Raghuvaṃśa, (ed. Stenzler.)] 7, 55. [Causal.] To cover, [Bhaṭṭikāvya, (ed. Calc.)] 15, 48.

— With the prep. ava ava, To cover, to fill, [Kirātārjunīya] 14, 29.

— With ā ā, 1. To spread, Mahābhārata 3, 15142. 2. To cover, [Daśakumāracarita] in Chr. 179, 15. āstara- ṇīya, n. A cover, a carpet, [Rāmāyaṇa] 5, 11, 19.

— With samā sam-ā, To cover (fire with water, i. e. to extinguish), Mahābhārata 1, 1495.

— With upa upa, ptcple. pf. pass. upastīrṇa, Arranged, Mahābhārata 2, 2033.

— With pari pari, 1. To spread, [Rāmāyaṇa] 3, 49, 9. 2. To arrange, Mahābhārata 1, 69, 75. 3. To cover, [Śiśupālavadha] 9, 18.

— With pra pra, prastṛta, Disappeared.

— With vi vi, To spread, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 1, 51; 7, 33. vistṛta. 1. Diffused. 2. Diffuse. 3. Wide opened, Mahābhārata 3, 12905. 4. Broad, [Matsyopākhyāna] 13; ample, [Nalodya, (ed. Benary.)] 3, 14. vistīrṇa, Large, great, [Pañcatantra] 51, 20; iii. [distich] 264. Comp. Su -vistīrṇa, adj. very large, [Hitopadeśa] 79, 13. [Causal.] 1. To cause to spread, [Pañcatantra] 171, 3. 2. To extend, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 7, 188.

— With sam sam, 1. To spread, Mahābhārata 1, 7163. 2. To cover, Mahābhārata 2, 1774.

— Cf. [Latin] sternere, strages, struere, stringo; [Old High German.] sturm; [Anglo-Saxon.] stearm, storm; strene, lectus; [Gothic.] straujan; A. S. streowian, sternere; A. S. strion, thesaurus, strionan; [Old High German.] sterbjan (old [Causal.]), interficere, sterban; A. S. stearfian, steorfan, mori; strec; [Old High German.] strac; A. S. streccan, a-stregdan, a -strican, probably stregan, stredan; ge -strangian, To strengthen, etc.

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Stṛ (स्तृ).—see spṛ.

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Stṛ (स्तृ).—probably 2. as + tṛ, A star, Chr. 293, 1 = [Rigveda.] i. 87, 1.

— Cf. Æol. [Gothic.] stairno; [Anglo-Saxon.] steorra; [Latin] stella (see tāra).

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Stṝ (स्तॄ).—StṚ10, see stṛ; stṝh StṚ10H, see stṛh.

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Strī (स्त्री).—probably 1. sū + tṛ + ī, f. 1. A woman, [Pañcatantra] iii. [distich] 61. 2. A female in general, [Draupadīpramātha] 4, 4.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Stṛ (स्तृ).—1. stṛṇāti stṛṇīte stṛṇoti stṛṇute (starati), [participle] stīrṇa & stṛta (q.v.) strew ([especially] the sacrificial straw), spread out; strew over, cover; throw down, overthrow. [Desiderative] tustūrṣate wish to throw down.

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Stṛ (स्तृ).—2. ([instrumental] [plural] stṛbhis) star.

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Strī (स्त्री).—[feminine] woman, wife, female (also of animals); a feminine or the feminine gender ([grammar]).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Stṛ (स्तृ):—1. stṛ (or stṝ). [class] 5. 9. [Ātmanepada] [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxvii, 6; xxxi, 14]) stṛṇoti, stṛṇute or stṛṇāti, stṛṇīte ([Vedic or Veda] and [Epic] also starati, te; [perfect tense] tastāra, tastare [3. [plural] tastaruḥ, tastarire] [Brāhmaṇa] etc.; 3. sg. [with pass. sense] tistire, [Ṛg-veda]; 3. [plural] tastrire, [Atharva-veda]; p. [Ātmanepada] tistirāṇa, [Ṛg-veda]; [Aorist] astar, star, [ib.]; astṛṣi, astṛta, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa]; astarīt, [Atharva-veda]; astārṣīt, astarIzwa, astīrṣṭa [grammar]; Prec. stṛṣīya, [Atharva-veda]; staryāt or stīryāt; stṛṣīṣṭa, starIzIzwa, stīrṣīṣṭa [grammar]; [future] startā [grammar]; stariṣyati, te [Gr. also starīṣ] [Brāhmaṇa] etc.; [infinitive mood] startum or starItum [grammar]; startave, tavai, starItavE/, [Brāhmaṇa]; starītave, [Atharva-veda]; -stire, -stṛṇīṣaṇi, [Ṛg-veda]; [indeclinable participle] stīrtvā or stṛtvā, [Brāhmaṇa]; -stīrya, [ib.]; -stṛtya, [Mahābhārata]),

—to spread, spread out or about, strew, scatter ([especially] the sacrificial grass; in this sense in older language only [class] 9. [Ātmanepada] [Parasmaipada]), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Brāhmaṇa; ???; Rāmāyaṇa];

—to spread over, bestrew, cover, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Mahābhārata] etc.;

— ([class] 5. [Ātmanepada] [Parasmaipada]) to lay low, overthrow, slay (an enemy), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Brāhmaṇa; Upaniṣad] :—[Passive voice] stīryate (ti) or striyate ([grammar] also staryate; [Aorist] astāri),

—to be spread or strewn etc., [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.:—[Causal] stārayati ([Aorist] atastarat), to spread, cover, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya] :—[Desiderative] tistīrṣate or tustūrṣate ([grammar] also [Parasmaipada] and tistarIzati, te), to wish to spread or strew or lay low, [Brāhmaṇa; Upaniṣad] :—[Intensive] tāstaryate, testīryate, tāstarti [grammar]

2) cf. [Greek] στορέννυμι, στρώννυμι; [Latin] sternere; [Gothic] straujan; [German] streuen; [Anglo-Saxon] streowian; [English] strew.

3) Stṝ (स्तॄ):—1. stṝ (or stṛ). [class] 5. 9. [Ātmanepada] [Parasmaipada] ([Dhātupāṭha xxvii, 6; xxxi, 14]) stṛṇoti, stṛṇute or stṛṇāti, striṇīte ([Vedic or Veda] and [Epic] also starati, te; [perfect tense] tastāra, tastare [3. [plural] tastaruḥ, tastarire] [Brāhmaṇa] etc.; 3. sg. [with pass. sense] tistire, [Ṛg-veda]; 3. [plural] tastrire, [Atharva-veda]; p. [Ātmanepada] tistirāṇa, [Ṛg-veda]; [Aorist] astar, star, [ib.]; astṛṣi, astṛta, [Aitareya-brāhmaṇa]; astarīt, [Atharva-veda]; astārṣīt, astarIzwa, astīrṣṭa [grammar]; Prec. stṛṣīya, [Atharva-veda]; staryāt or stīryāt; stṛṣīṣṭa, starIzIzwa, stīrṣīṣṭa [grammar]; [future] startā [grammar]; stariṣyati, te [Gr. also starīṣ] [Brāhmaṇa] etc.; [infinitive mood] startum or starItum [grammar]; startave, tavai, starItavE/, [Brāhmaṇa]; starītave, [Atharva-veda]; -stire, -stṛṇīṣaṇi, [Ṛg-veda]; [indeclinable participle] stīrtvā or stṛtvā, [Brāhmaṇa]; -stīrya, [ib.]; -stṛtya, [Mahābhārata]),

—to spread, spread out or about, strew, scatter ([especially] the sacrificial grass; in this sense in older language only [class] 9. [Ātmanepada] [Parasmaipada]), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Brāhmaṇa; ???; Rāmāyaṇa];

—to spread over, bestrew, cover, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Mahābhārata] etc.;

— ([class] 5. [Ātmanepada] [Parasmaipada]) to lay low, overthrow, slay (an enemy), [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Brāhmaṇa; Upaniṣad] :—[Passive voice] stīryate (ti) or striyate ([grammar] also staryate; [Aorist] astāri),

—to be spread or strewn etc., [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.:—[Causal] stārayati ([Aorist] atastarat), to spread, cover, [Bhaṭṭi-kāvya] :—[Desiderative] tistīrṣate or tustūrṣate ([grammar] also [Parasmaipada] and tistarIzati, te), to wish to spread or strew or lay low, [Brāhmaṇa; Upaniṣad] :—[Intensive] tāstaryate, testīryate, tāstarti [grammar]

4) cf. [Greek] στορέννυμι, στρώννυμι; [Latin] sternere; [Gothic] straujan; [German] streuen; [Anglo-Saxon] streowian; [English] strew.

5) Stṛ (स्तृ):—[from stṝ] 2. stṛ m. (only in [plural] [nominative case] stṛṇas [?] [genitive case] stṛṇām [varia lectio] stṝnām and [instrumental case] [plural] stṛbhis; cf. tṛ [nominative case] [plural] tāras) a star (as the ‘light-strewer’ or [pl.] the ‘scattered ones’), [Ṛg-veda; Jyotiṣa]

6) [v.s. ...] a mark or star-like spot (on the forehead of a bull or cow), [Ṛg-veda]

7) [v.s. ...] cf. [Latin] stella; [German] Stern; [English] star; [according to] to some for as-tṛ (√2. as); cf. [Greek] ἀστήρ.

8) 3. stṛ See √spṛ, p. 1268, col. 3.

9) Stri (स्त्रि):—(?) = 2. stṛ, a star (q.v.)

10) Strī (स्त्री):—f. (perhaps for sūtrī, or sotrī, ‘bearer of children’, [from] √2. ; [according to] to some connected with [Latin] sator; [nominative case] strī; [accusative] in later language also strīm and strīs [plural]) a woman, female, wife, [Ṛg-veda] etc. etc.

11) the female of any animal (e.g. śākhā-mṛga-strī, ‘a female monkey’), [Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Mahābhārata]

12) a white ant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

13) the Priyaṅgu plant, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

14) (in gram.) the feminine gender, [Nirukta, by Yāska; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] etc.

15) a kind of metre, [Colebrooke]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Stṛ (स्तृ):—(na, ña) stṛṇoti stṛṇute 5. c. To cover, to clothe. With prep. vi, to extend, be diffused, prolix.

2) Stṝ (स्तॄ):—(ga, ña) stṛṇāti stṛṇīte 9. c. To clothe, to cover.

3) Strī (स्त्री):—(strī) 3. f. A woman.

Source: DDSA: Paia-sadda-mahannavo; a comprehensive Prakrit Hindi dictionary (S)

Strī (स्त्री) in the Sanskrit language is related to the Prakrit words: Itthi, Itthī, Thī, Biḍāliā, Biḍālī.

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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.

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Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Strī (स्त्री):—(nf) a woman, female; wife; -[upayogī] befitting women, useful suitable for women; ~[karaṇa] feminization; ~[gamana] cohabitation, sexual intercourse; -[caritra] nature/character of a woman; -[jāti] womenfolk; [taṃtra] gynarchy; -[tulya] effeminate, womanly, womanish; ~[tva] womanhood, femineity/feminality; -[dveṣī] a woman-hater; -[dhana/vitta] dowry; a woman’s wealth; -[dharma] duty of a woman; menstruation; -[pūjā] gyniolatry, adoration of women; ~[prajña/buddhi] womanish brain; -[prasaṃga/bhoga/saṃbhoga/samāgama/sevana] sexual intercourse; ~[priya] woman loving, lover of women; a ladies' man; -[bhakti] gyniolatry. devotion to women-folk; -[bhīti] gynephobia; -[ratna] a gem amongst women, a woman of outstanding merits; -[rājya] gynarchy, petticoat government; -[roga] a female disease; •[vijñāna] gynaecology; •[viśeṣajña] a gynaecologist; ~[liṃga] feminine (gender); ~[vaśa] henpecked, under a woman’s domination; ~[vaśya] see ~[vaśa; ~vrata] devotion to one’s own wife; ~[vratī] devoted to one’s own wife; -[saṃyoga] union with a woman/the wife; -[sukha] sexual enjoyment; -[haraṇa] kidnapping/abduction of a woman; ~[hartā] a kidnapper, abductor of a woman.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Strī (ಸ್ತ್ರೀ):—

1) [noun] an adult female human being.

2) [noun] a female of any animal.

3) [noun] a woman as is related to her husband; a wife.

4) [noun] any of an order (Isoptera) of pale-coloured social insects having a soft body and living in colonies composed of winged forms that mate and wingless workers and soldiers that are usu. sterile or immature; a white ant; a termite.

5) [noun] the plant Prunus mahaleb of Rosaceae family (?).

6) [noun] (gram.) a word that is designated as belonging to the gender of words denoting or referring to, females; feminine gender.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Tamil dictionary

Source: DDSA: University of Madras: Tamil Lexicon

Strī (ஸ்த்ரீ) noun < strī.

1. Woman; பெண். ஸ்த்ரீகளைக் கண்டால் உருகுந் தேவர்களுடைய [pen. sthrigalaig kandal urugun thevarkaludaiya] (தக்கயாகப்பரணி [thakkayagapparani] 13, உரை [urai]).

2. Wife; மனைவி. [manaivi.] Colloq.

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Tamil is an ancient language of India from the Dravidian family spoken by roughly 250 million people mainly in southern India and Sri Lanka.

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Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Strī (स्त्री):—n. 1. a women; female; 2. a wife;

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