nāṣṭrā

Ved. 1 Danger, destruction. --2 An evil spirit, a goblin.

Dictionary Definitions

[apte] Ved. 1 Danger, destruction. --2 An evil spirit, a goblin.

Corpus Profile

Part of Speech: NOUN
Occurrences: 74
Texts: 8

DCS: a messenger; courier

Occurrences

Appears in 8 texts.

Apastambasrautasutra Kathakasamhita Pancavimsabrahmana Paraskaragrhyasutra Satapathabrahmana Taittiriyasamhita atharvaveda-paippalada atharvaveda-saunaka

Top Texts by Occurrence

Śatapathabrāhmaṇa 64 · 86.5%Atharvaveda (Śaunaka) 2 · 2.7%Kāṭhakasaṃhitā 2 · 2.7%Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇa 2 · 2.7%Atharvaveda (Paippalāda) 1 · 1.4%

Concordance Sample

Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇasurface: nāṣṭrābhyaḥ

sūryo mā divyābhyo nāṣṭrābhyaḥ pātu vāyur antarikṣābhyo 'gniḥ pārthivābhyaḥ svāh

Pañcaviṃśabrāhmaṇasurface: nāṣṭrābhyaḥ

sūryaḥ mām divyābhyaḥ nāṣṭrābhyaḥ pātu vāyuḥ antarikṣābhyaḥ agniḥ pārthivābhyaḥ

Atharvaveda (Śaunaka)surface: nāṣṭrā

ye mṛtyava ekaśataṃ yā nāṣṭrā atitāryāḥ