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विष्टार (viSTAra)

 
शब्दसागरः
English
विष्टार
m.
 (-रः) A form of metre, a species of the order termed Panktī,
consisting of a verse of four lines, the first and last of which
consist of eight syllables each, and the second and third of twelve
each.
E.
 वि before स्तृ to spread,
aff.
 घञ्, and स changed to ष ।
Capeller Eng
English
विष्टार॑
m.
 straw (of the Barhis).
Yates
English
विष्टार (रः) 1.
m.
 Name of a metre
of the
pankti genus.
Wilson
English
विष्टार
m.
 (-रः) A form of metre, a species of the order termed
Paṅkti, consisting of a verse of four lines, the first and last of which
consist of eight syllables each, and the second and third of twelve each.
E.
 वि before स्तृ to spread,
aff.
 घञ्, and स changed to
ष.
Monier Williams Cologne
English
वि-ष्टार॑
m.
 a layer of grass (?),
RV.
 v, 52, 10 (others ‘the far spread host,
scil.
 of the Maruts’)
a kind of metre (cf. next and
Pāṇ.
 iii, 3, 34
viii, 3, 94)
Monier Williams 1872
English
वि-ष्टार, अस्, m. (only used for वि-स्तार when
metre is denoted, according to Pāṇ. VIII. 3, 94,
III. 3, 34), expansion, extension.
—विष्टार-पङ्क्ति,
इस्, f. a particular form of Paṅkti metre (consisting
of four lines, the first and last lines having eight syl-
lables each and the second and third twelve each).
—विष्टार-बृहती, f. a species of Bṛhatī metre
(containing eight syllables in the first and fourth lines
and ten in the second and third lines).
Macdonell
English
विष्टार vi-ṣṭārá,
m.
 [strewing: √ stṛ] 🞄layer of grass (RV.¹): (á) -paṅkti,
f.
 a metre 🞄(8 + 12 + 12 + 8 syllables)
(a) bṛhati,
f.
 a 🞄metre (8 + 10 + 10 + 8 syllables).
शब्दकल्पद्रुमः
Sanskrit
विष्टारः,
पुं,
 छन्दोविशेषः । यथा, विष्टारः पङ्क्ति-च्छन्दः । इति षत्वप्रकरणे दुर्गादासः ॥
वाचस्पत्यम्
Sanskrit
विष्टार
पु०
 वि + स्तॄ--घञ् षत्वम् । पङ्क्तिच्छन्दोभेदे छन्दःशब्दे २९२८ पृ० दृश्यम् ।
Capeller
German
विष्टार॑
m.
 (Opfer-)Streu.
Grassman
German
viṣṭārá, a., ausgedehnt(?) [von star m. ví].
-ás {406, 10} (die ausgedehnte Marutschaar).