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    aṣṭrā

    Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 63, col. 2.
    aṣṭrā aṣṭrā, i. e. aś + tra (vb. śo, cf.

    Lat. incitare), f. A goad.

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1st ed.)

    ☞ p. 103, col. 1.
    aṣṭrā aṣṭrā, f. (fr. rt. 1. aś?), Ved. a

    prick or goad for driving cattle; (sometimes regarded

    as the badge of the agriculturist, as the staff is of the

    Brāhman); [cf. Zend astrâ; Lith. akstinas.]. —Aṣ-

    ṭrā-vin, ī, iṇī, i, Ved. obeying the goad.

    Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 207, col. 3.
    aṣṭrā [akṣyate cālyate'nayā akṣ-karaṇe ṣṭran]

    1 A prick or goad for driving cattle, whip; Rv. 4. 57. 4, 6. 53. 9.

    2 A part of the wheel of a chariot.

    Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 52.
    áṣṭrā f. goad.

    Macdonell Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ p. 33, col. 2.
    aṣṭrā áṣ-ṭrā, f. goad (for driving cattle).

    Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (2nd ed.)

    ☞ p. 117, col. 1.
    áṣṭrā f. a prick or goad for driving cattle (regarded as the badge of the agriculturist, Kauś.), RV.;
    ☞ p. 117, col. 1.
    aṣṭrā [Zd. astrā; Lith. akstinas.]

    Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 285.
    aṣṭrā [akṣyate cālyate'nayā akṣ-karaṇe ṣṭran] 1 A prick or goad for driving cattle, whip; Rv.4.57.4,6.53.9. -2 A part of the wheel of a chariot. -vin a. obeying the goad (as a bull); śunamaṣṭrāvyacarat kapardī Rv.10.102.8.

    Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 534.
    áṣṭrā f. Stachel zum Antreiben des Viehes, Ochsenstachel: Zeichen des Ackerbauers (wie der Stab beim Brahmanen, der Bogen beim Krieger) KAUŚ. 80. śùnamaṣṭrāmudîṅgaya ṚV. 4, 57, 4. Werkzeug des Gottes Pūṣan: yā tè aṣṭrā̀ goôpàśāghṛ̂ṇe paśùsādhînī 6, 53, 9. aṣṭrā̂ṃ pū̀ṣā śîthìrāmùdvarī̂vṛjat 58, 2. Dem f. sāṣṭrikā MBH. 3, 642 entspräche im m. sāṣṭraka (von sa + aṣṭrā). Vgl. svaṣṭra . — Wohl von 1. aś, vgl. zend. astrā und lith. akstinas.

    Grassmann Wörterbuch zum Rig Veda

    ☞ p. 145.
    áṣṭrā, f., Stachel zum Antreiben des Viehes [von 3. aś, vgl. Zend. astra, f.]; 2) die Bedeutung Stachel, Dolch in suáṣṭra.

    -ā {494,9}.

    -ām {353,4}; {499,2}.

    Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 143, col. 1.
    áṣṭrā f. Stachel zum Antreiben des Viehes (das Zeichen des Ackerbauers).

    Cappeller Sanskrit Wörterbuch

    ☞ p. 35, col. 1.
    áṣṭrā f. Stachel (zum Viehantreiben).

    Vācaspatyam

    ☞ p. 526, col. 2.
    aṣṭrā strī akṣyate cālyate'nayā akṣa—karaṇe ṣṭran . 1 pratode
    “śunamaṣṭrāmudiṅgaya” ṛ0 4, 57, 4 . “aṣṭrāṃpratodam” bhā0
    2 rathacakrāvayavabhede ca . “aṣṭrāṃ pūṣā śithirāsvumudvaṃrīvṛjat”
    ṛ0 6, 58, 2 . “aṣṭrāmārāmiti” bhā0 .

    Bergaigne Études sur le lexique du Ṛgveda

    ☞ p. 231.

    The Vedic Index of Names and Subjects

    ☞ vol. 1, p. 46.
    Aṣṭrā is the plougher's ‘goad,’ the badge of agriculture.

    It is mentioned several times in the Rigveda.1 [Footnote] 1) iv. 57, 4; vi. 53, 9; 58, 2; aṣṭrā-vin

    occurs in x. 102, 8. See also Kauśika

    Sūtra, 80. Cf. Roscher, Archiv für

    Religionswissenschaft, 1, 63; Hille-

    brandt, Vedische Mythologie, 3, 364, n. 8.