Sanskrit manuscript in Devanāgarī

bhastrā भस्त्रा – bellows

substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

Dictionary sources

AYI dictionary substantive feminine
Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

bhástrā ·f. bag, sack, bellows.

Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

Original text · English · substantive feminine

Bhastrā, f. a bellows or a large hide with valves and a clay nozzle so used; a leathern bottle or vessel (used for carrying or holding water); a skin, pouch, leathern bag [cf. mātrā-bh˚]; a particular manner of recitation; [cf. bhāstrāyaṇa.]

Original text · English · Word type unspecified

bhastrā bhastrā, bhastrika, &c. See col. 2.

Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine · Word type unspecified

Original text · German · substantive feminine

bhástrā f. UṆĀDIS. 4,167. 1〉 Schlauch, Sack AK. 2,10,33. H. 908. ŚAT. BR. 1,1,2,7. ŚAT. BR. 1,6,3,16. P. 4,4,16. P. 7,3,47. gaṇa utkarādi zu P. 4,2,90. bhastrā mātā pituḥ putro yena (so ed. Bomb.) jātaḥ sa eva saḥ MBH. 1,3102 = MBH. 1,3783 = HARIV. 1724 = BHĀG. P. 9,20,21. Schol. zu KĀTY. ŚR. 15. KĀTY. ŚR. 3,32. KĀTY. ŚR. 42. KĀTY. ŚR. 22,3,18. KĀTY. ŚR. 37. kukṣibhastrāmapūrayat KATHĀS. 24,101. Blasebalg: bhastrāḥ kiṃ na śvasanti BHĀG. P. 2,3,18. lohakāra˚ dass.: sa lohakārabhastreva śvasannapi na jīvati Spr. 1138. Spr. 2432. Vgl. tanu˚. mātrā˚, nirbhastrakà. — 2〉 eine best. Recitationsweise LĀṬY. 6,2,12. — Vgl. bhāstrāyaṇa.

Original text · German · Word type unspecified

bhastrā 1〉 Sack: hema˚ mit Gold KATHĀS. 64,30.

Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

bhástrā f. — 1〉 Schlauch, Sack. hemabhastrā ein Sack mit Gold. — 2〉 Blasebalg. — 3〉 eine best. Recitationsweise. avācīnabilā TĀṆḌYA-BR. 2,13,1. 2.

Apte 1890 substantive feminine

Original text · English · substantive feminine

bhastrakā, -bhastrā, -bhastriḥ f. [bhas-ṣṭan] 1 A bellows. 2 A leathern vessel for holding water. 3 A pouch, leathern bag.

Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine

Original text · German · substantive feminine

bhástrā f. Schlauch, Sack, Blasebalg.

Burnouf 1866 Word type unspecified

Original text · French · Word type unspecified

bhastrā bhastrā, bhastrī et bhastrākā f. (bhas; sfx. tra) soufflet. bhastrika m. [f. ī] qui souffle le feu. — M. outre de cuir. — F. soufflet.

Occurrences in source texts (5)

GoS 1 occurrence
GoS 42–49: Breath as Bellows 1 occurrence

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HP 2 occurrences
HP 2.60-2.68: Bhastrikā 2 occurrences

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HTK 2 occurrences
HTK 10.11*2–14*1: Bhastrikā: Breath like a bellows 2 occurrences

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