As a deity name
Name 822 of the Narasimha Sahasranāma — Brahmanda Purana / Narasimha Purana, as taught by Sages to Assembly of Devotees
As a Hindi name
No reading on this path — this spelling has no entry in our Hindi sources, and no near neighbour is attested there either. We say so rather than invent one.
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
an instrument for cutting or wounding, knife, sword, dagger, any weapon (even applied to an arrow, weapons are said to be of four kinds, pāṇi-mukta, yantra-mukta, muktāmukta, and a…
Scripturally attested Verified split — attested membersMultiple readings (8)Why this matches what you typed
M1 · same meaning "śastrāya" is the dative of "śastra" — the same word in a different grammatical case.
Dictionary citations
1. śastra n. (for 2. See under √ śas) invocation, praise (applied to any hymn recited either audibly or inaudibly, as opp. to stoma, which is sung, but esp. the verses recited by the Hotṛ and his assistant as an accompaniment to the Grahas at the Soma libation), VS.; Br.; ŚrS.; ChUp.
reciting, recitation, ŚāṅkhBr.
Alternative readings
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