abhastrakā

Goldstücker Sanskrit-English Dictionary

☞ p. 235, col. 1.

abhastrakā or abhastrikā f. (-kā) I. Bad little bellows. E. a

deter. -bhastrā, taddh. aff. kan, or a Tatpur. a deter. and bha-

strakā or bhastrikā. (The word may in this sense also have the

form abhastrākā, according to Pāṇ. VII. 3. 49., but this form

is not expressedly stated by the commentators.)

II. A little woman without bellows (? or something little

(fem.) without bellows). [The word is commented upon by

Patanjali, Kaiyyaṭa &c. to Pāṇ. VII. 3. 47., but only with the

intent of illustrating the double form of the Bahuvr. deriv.,

for the Tatpur. or the Tatpur. deriv., as resulting from VII.

3. 48., did not require a special notice in the former Sūtra;

Patanj.: upasarjanārtho'yamārambhaḥ . abhastrikā . abhastrakā;

Kaiyy.: nāsti bhastrā asyā iti bahuvrīhāvupasarjanahrasvatve kṛte

yaṣṭābutpadyate sa bhāṣitapuṃskādabhastraśabdātpara ityuttarasūtreṇa pā-

kṣikapratiṣedhāprasaṅgādbhastrāgrahaṇam; Kāśikā: avidyamānā bhastrā

asyā abhastrā . alpā abhastrā abhastrikā . abhastrakā (&c.

similarly to Kaiyyaṭa).] E. abhastrā (the fem. of abhastra),

taddh. aff. kan and fem. aff. ṭāp.

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

☞ p. 60, col. 3.

A-bhastrakā or a-bhastrikā or a-bhastrākā, f.

a badly made or inferior pair of bellows. The former

two are said to mean also, ‘a small woman who has

no bellows.’

Apte Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

☞ p. 126, col. 2.

abhastrakā, abhastrikā, also abhastrākā [a -bhastrā P. VII. 3. 47]

1 A badly made or inferior pair of bellows.

2 A young woman who has no bellows.

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

☞ p. 61, col. 1.

a-bhastrakā or a-bhastrikā, f. a badly made or inferior pair of bellows (i.e. small), said to mean also (a woman) who has no bellows, Pāṇ. vii, 3, 47.

Apte Enlarged Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

☞ vol. 1, p. 168.

abhastrakā, abhastrikā also abhastrākā [a-bhastrā P. VII.3.47.] 1 A badly made or inferior pair of bellows. -2 A young woman who has no bellows.

Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

☞ vol. 1, p. 328.

abhastrakā oder abhastrikā demin. von 3. a + bhastra P. 7, 3, 47.

Böhtlingk Sanskrit-Wörterbuch in kürzerer Fassung

☞ vol. 1, p. 84, col. 3.

*abhastrakā und *abhastrikā f.