strī स्त्री – woman
substantive feminine
Dictionary sources
AYI dictionary substantive feminine
woman
Cappeller 1891 substantive feminine
Original text · English · substantive feminine
strī́ ·f. woman, wife, female (also of animals); a feminine or the feminine gender (g.).
Monier-Williams 1872 substantive feminine
Original text · English · substantive feminine
strī strī, f. (probably a contraction of so- trī, fem. of 2. sotṛ, ‘a bearer of children,’ see p. 1118, col. 2; but according to Uṇādi-s. IV. 165. fr. rt. styai), a woman, female; a wife; the female of any animal (e. g. śākhāmṛga-strī, ‘a female monkey’).
Petersburger 1855 substantive feminine
Original text · German · substantive feminine
strī f. UṆĀDIS. 4,165. Declin. P. 6,4,79. fg. VOP. 3,20. fgg. VOP. 3,81. fg. 1〉 Weib, ein weibliches Individuum, Gattin (Gegens. pumaṃs) AK. 2,6,1,2. TRIK. 2,6,1. H. 503. HALĀY. 2,326. ṚV. 1,164,16. ṚV. 4,30,8. ṚV. 5,61,6. ṚV. 7,55,8. ṚV. 7,104,24. strī̱bhiryo vṛṣàṇaṃ pṛta̱nyāt ṚV. 10,27,10. ṚV. 10,34,11. stri̱yā àśā̱syaṃ manàḥ ṚV. 8,33,17. ṚV. 8,33,19. na matstrī sùbha̱sattàrā ṚV. 10,86,6. AV. 1,8,1. ga̱ndha̱rvaḥ sàcate̱ striyàm AV. 4,37,11. AV. 5,14,6. AV. 5,17,8. AV. 6,11,1. AV. 6,11,2. AV. 7,90,3. AV. 12,1,25. AIT. BR. 1,27. AIT. BR. 3,22. patayaḥ striyai pratiṣṭhā ŚAT. BR. 2,6,2,14. ŚAT. BR. 14,7,1,14. ŚAT. BR. 14,7,1,21. striyaḥ puṃso 'nuvartmāno bhāvukāḥ ŚAT. BR. 13,2,2,4. na vai striyaṃ ghnanti ŚAT. BR. 11,4,3,2. TS. 6,5,8,2. TS. 7,4,19,1. AIT. UP. 4,1,1. M. 2,129. striyam M. 3,10. M. 3,15. M. 3,48. strīm M. 5,167. M. 12,67. MBH. 13,518. Spr. (II) 7544. striyās M. 2,138. M. 2,202. M. 3,49. striyas Spr. (II) 3221, v. l. striyā M. 4,205. M. 5,154. striyām loc. sg. M. 3,62. M. — 2,33. M. — 2,66. fg. M. — 2,123. M. 3,48. MBH. 1,6154. MBH. 3,2776. R. 1,6,18. SUŚR. 1,120,13. SUŚR. 1,176,16. SUŚR. 1,181,5. SUŚR. 1,321,1. MEGH. 29. MEGH. 32. MEGH. 71. ṚT. 1,4. ŚĀK. 125. fg. Spr. (II) 3292. Spr. (II) 3484. Spr. (II) 6496. Spr. (II) 7191. fgg. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 5,31. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 5,79. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 46,52. nṛpa˚ AK. 2,6,1,5. H. 520. bhrātṛmātṛ˚ TRIK. 3,3,253. vibudha˚ ŚĀK. 171. amara˚ KIR. 10,15. pāntha˚ Spr. (II) 937. niṣāda˚ eine Frau aus der Kaste der Niṣāda M. 10,39. vaṇik˚ TRIK. 3,3,461. — 2〉 Weibchen der Thiere ŚAT. BR. 4,5,2,10. śākhāmṛga˚ MBH. 3,15613. gajasya H. 1218. — 3〉 in der Gramm. ein Femininum, das weibliche Geschlecht NIR. 3,21. ŚAT. BR. 10,1,1,8. ŚAT. BR. 10,5,1,3. KĀṬH. 23,4. ŚĀNT. 1,3. ŚĀNT. 5,2,2. ŚĀNT. 1,20. P. 1,2,48. P. 1,2,66. P. 4,1,3. P. 4,1,120. P. 4,1,176. P. 6,3,34. VARĀH. BṚH. S. 51,36. — 4〉 ein best. Metrum: 4 Mal — COLEBR. Misc. Ess. 2,158 (COLEBR. Misc. Ess. V, 2). — Vgl. kula˚ (auch MBH. 3,16619. DAŚAK. 79,1), duḥ˚, paṇa˚, paṇya˚, prati˚, vraja˚, su˚, sura˚, straiṇa.
Böhtlingk 1879 substantive feminine
Original text · German · substantive feminine
strī́ f. (Nomin. ebenso, Acc. strīm = striyam auch ŚIŚ. 11,52) — 1〉 Weib, ein weibliches Individuum, Gattin. — 2〉 Weibchen der Thiere. — 3〉 in der Gramm. ein Femininum, das weibliche Geschlecht. — 4〉 ein best. Metrum.
Apte 1890 substantive feminine
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strī 1 A woman. 2 A female of any animal; gajastrī, hariṇastrī &c.; Ś. 5. 22. 3 A wife; strīṇāṃ bhartā dharmadārāśca puṃsāṃ Māl. 6. 18; Me. 28. 4 The feminine gender, or a word used in that gender; āpaḥ strībhūmni Ak. Comp. — agāraḥ -raṃ a harem, the women's apartments. — avyakṣaḥ a chamberlain. — abhigamanaṃ sexual intercourse. — ājīvaḥ 1 one who lives by his wife. 2 one who lives by keeping women for prostitution. — kāmaḥ 1 desire of intercourse with women, fondness for women. 2 desire of a wife. — kāryaṃ 1 the business of women. 2 attendance on women or women's apartments. — kumāraṃ a woman and child. — kusumaṃ menses, the menstrual excretion in women. — kṣīraṃ mother's milk; Ms. 5. 9. — ga a. cohabiting with women. — gavī a milch-cow. — guruḥ a female Guru or priestess. — gṛhaṃ = stryagāra q. v. — ghoṣaḥ dawn, daybreak. — ghnaḥ the murderer of a woman. — caritaṃ-traṃ the doings of women. — cihnaṃ 1 any mark or characteristic of the female sex. 2 the female organ, vulva. — cauraḥ a seducer of women, libertine. — jananī a woman who brings forth only daughters. — jātiḥ f. womankind, female sex. — jitaḥ a hen-pecked husband; strījitasparśamātreṇa sarvaṃ puṇyaṃ vinaśyati Śabdak; Ms. 4. 217. — dhanaṃ a woman's private property over which she exercises independent control; it is of six kinds: -adhyagnyadhyāvahanikaṃ dattaṃ ca prītikarmaṇi . bhrātṛmātṛpitṛprāptaṃ ṣaḍvidhaṃ strīdhanaṃ smṛtam ..; or according to others: -pitṛmātṛpatibhrātṛdattamadhyagnyupāyanam . ādhipedanikādyaṃ ca strīdhanaṃ parikīrtitam; see also anvādheyaṃ, baṃdhudattaṃ, yautakaṃ, saudāyikaṃ, śulkaṃ, pāriṇāyyaṃ, lāvaṇyārjitaṃ, and pādavaṃdanikaṃ. — dharmaḥ 1 the duty of a woman or wife. 2 the laws concerning women. 3 menstruation. — dharmiṇī a woman in her courses. — dhavaḥ a man. — dhvajaḥ the female of any animal. — nātha a. one protected by a woman. — nibaṃdhanaṃ a woman's peculiar sphere of action or province; domestic duty, house ([Page 1146-c]) wifery. — paṇyopajīvin m. see stryājīva above. — paraḥ a woman-lover, lecher, libertine. — piśācī a fiendlike wife. — puṃsau m. du. 1 wife and husband. 2 male and female; Ku. 2. 7. — puṃsalakṣaṇā a hermaphrodite. — puṃdharmaḥ the law regulating the duties of man and wife. — pratyayaḥ a feminine affix (in gram.). — prasaṃgaḥ (excessive) intercourse with women. — prasūḥ f. a woman who brings forth only daughters; Y. 1. 73. — priya a. loved by women. — (yaḥ) the mango tree. — bādhyaḥ one who suffers himself to be troubled by a woman. — buddhiḥ f. 1 the female understanding. 2 the counsel of a woman, female advice. — bhogaḥ sexual intercourse. — maṃtraḥ a female stratagem, woman's counsel. — mukhapaḥ the Aśoka tree. — yaṃtraṃ a machine-like woman, machine in the form of a woman; strīyaṃtraṃ kena loke viṣamamṛtamayaṃ dharmanāśāya sṛṣṭaṃ Pt. 1. 191. — raṃjanaṃ betel. — ratnaṃ 1 an excellent woman; strīratneṣu mamorvaśī priyatamā yūthe taveyaṃ vaśā V. 4. 25. 2 N. of Lakṣmī. — rājyaṃ the kingdom of women. — liṃgaṃ 1 the feminine gender (in gram.) 2 any mark of the female sex (as breast &c.). 3 the female organ. — vaśaḥ submissiveness to a wife, subjection to women. — vidheya a. governed by a wife, uxorious; R. 19. 4. — vivāhaḥ contracting marriage with a woman. — saṃsargaḥ female company. — saṃsthāna a. having a female shape; Ś. 5. 30 — saṃgaḥ attachment to women, or intercourse with women. — saṃgrahaṇaṃ 1 the act of embracing a woman (improperly). 2 adultery, seduction. — sabhaṃ an assembly of women. — saṃbaṃdhaḥ 1 matrimonial alliance with a woman. 2 connection by marriage. 3 relation to women. — svabhāvaḥ 1 the nature of women. 2 a eunuch. — hatyā the murder of a woman. — haraṇaṃ 1 the forcible abduction of women. 2 rape. — hārin m. a ravisher or seducer (of women).
Cappeller 1887 substantive feminine
Original text · German · substantive feminine
strī́ f. Wieb, Gattin, auch Tierweibchen; das weibliche Geschlecht o. ein Femininum (g.).
Burnouf 1866 substantive feminine
Original text · French · substantive feminine
strī strī f. (? su; sfx. tṛ) femme; femelle. M§ 110, 2°. strīgavī f. (go) vache à lait. strīghoṣa m. [le cri des vaches ?] l'aurore, le point du jour. strīcihna n. vulve; sein (?). stricaura m. libertin, débauché. strījita m. (ji) homme mené par sa femme. strītā f. (sfx. tā) sexe féminin. strīgharma m. menstrues. strīgharmiṇī f. femme qui a ses règles. strīdhava m. mâle, homme. strīpara a. qui ne pense qu'aux femmes. strīpriya a. aimé des femmes. — S. m. manguier. strīrañjana n. bétel que mâchent les femmes indiennes. strīsvabhāva m. eunuque, gardien de harem. straiṇa a. (sfx. na) femelle, féminin. — S. n. sexe féminin.
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DYS 10 occurrences
DYS 150–153*3: Vajrolī: Secret Teaching 4 occurrences
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DYS 168–179*1: Vajrolī for the Yoginī 2 occurrences
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GoS 1 occurrence
HP 5 occurrences
SiSa 3 occurrences
SVU 2 occurrences
VBT 1 occurrence
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