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Entry उष्ट्र

उष्ट्रuṣṭraCamel; अथोष्ट्रवामी- शतवाहितार्थम् R.5.32; Ms.3.162,4.12,11.22.
[उष्-ट्रन्-किच्च Uṇ.4.161.]
1. Camel; अथोष्ट्रवामी- शतवाहितार्थम् R.5.32; Ms.3.162,4.12,11.22.
2. A buffalo.
3. A bull with a hump.
4. A cart or carriage.
Derived forms and compounds
- -ष्ट्री
  
  A she-camel.
  
  An earthen vessel in the shape of a camel.
  
  Bignonia Spathacea (Marâthî मेडशिंगी). Compare Pers. ushtar; Zend ustra. -Compound
- -अक्षः A camel-eyed (horse) उष्ट्राक्षाः प्रियदर्शनाश्च सुभगाः श्वासैः सुगन्धैश्च ये; Bhoja's Śālilhotra.
- -कर्णिका (Plural) Name of a country or its inhabitants, in the south.
- -काण्डी A thistle dear to camels, Echinops echinatus (Marâthî उंटकटारी).
- -क्रोशिन् Adjective making a noise like a camel.
- -गोयुगम् a couple of camels; यथा गोस्तद्वदुष्ट्रस्य युगं उष्ट्रगो- युगम् Mbh. on ParasmaipadaV.2.29.
- -ग्रीवः, -शिरोधरः piles.
- -निषदनम् A particular posture among Yogins.
- -पादिका Jasminum Zambac (Marâthî मोगरा).
- -प्रमाणः A kind of fabulous eight-footed animal शरभ.
- -यानम् camellitter.
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