Upastri, Upastṛ, Upastṝ, Upastrī: 8 definitions

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The Sanskrit terms Upastṛ and Upastṝ can be transliterated into English as Upastr or Upastri, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Upastṛ (उपस्तृ) or Upastṝ (उपस्तॄ).—5, 9 U.

1) To spread out (for another); spread under; उप स्तृणीतमत्रये हिमेन धर्ममश्विना (upa stṛṇītamatraye himena dharmamaśvinā) Ṛgveda 8.73.3.

2) To strew or cover with.

3) To arrange, set in order.

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Upastrī (उपस्त्री).—f. [gauṇī strī] A concubine.

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

Upastrī (उपस्त्री).—f. (-strī) A concubine. E. upa and strī a female, a wife.

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

Upastṛ (उपस्तृ).—lay or pour over, (±ājyam) form a coating with the sacrificial butter, cover or wrap with ([instrumental]), strew, expand; (±ājyam) pour the sacrificial butter over,

Upastṛ is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms upa and stṛ (स्तृ).

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

1) Upastṛ (उपस्तृ):—[=upa-√stṛ] [Parasmaipada] [Ātmanepada] -stṛṇāti, -stṛṇīte ([Ātmanepada] 1. sg. -stire, [Ṛg-veda ii, 31, 5]; [infinitive mood] -stire, [Ṛg-veda v, 85, 1, etc.]; [infinitive mood] used as [imperative] -stṛṇiṣani, [Ṛg-veda vi, 44, 6] cf. gṛnīṣaṇi under √1. gṝ)

—to spread over, cover with, clothe, wrap up, [Ṛg-veda i, 162, 16; viii, 73, 3; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa xiii; Śāṅkhāyana-śrauta-sūtra];

—to spread out under, spread or lay under, scatter under, [Ṛg-veda; Atharva-veda; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa] ;

—to scatter round, surround (the Āhavanīya and Gārhapatya fire with grass), [Taittirīya-brāhmaṇa iii, 7, 4, 18; Taittirīya-saṃhitā];

— (at sacrifices) to pour out ([especially] clarified butter), pour out so as to form a lower layer or substratum, [Taittirīya-saṃhitā; Aitareya-brāhmaṇa; Śatapatha-brāhmaṇa; Kauśika-sūtra; Gobhila-śrāddha-kalpa etc.]

2) Upastrī (उपस्त्री):—[=upa-strī] f. a subordinate wife, a concubine, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

3) Upāstṛ (उपास्तृ):—[=upā-√stṛ] [Parasmaipada] ([Potential] -staret) to spread (e.g. a skin, [accusative]) over ([locative case]), [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]

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

Upastrī (उपस्त्री):—[upa-strī] (strī) 3. f. A concubine.

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Upastri in German

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Hindi dictionary

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Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Upastrī (उपस्त्री):—(nf) a keep, mistress.

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