विष्टार

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

वि-ष्टार  m.  m. a layer of grass (?), 52, 10"> [RV. v, 52, 10] (others ‘the far spread host, scil. of the मरुत्s’)

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वि ष्टार

   a kind of metre ( cf. next and, 34; 8-3, 94"> [Pāṇ. 3-3, 34; 8-3, 94])

Shabda-Sagara

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 .

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वि स्तृ घञ् स ष .