The Sanskrit term Śastrapāṇi can be transliterated into English as Sastrapani or Shastrapani, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Shaivism (Shaiva philosophy)

Source: Brill: Śaivism and the Tantric Traditions

Śastrapāṇi (शस्त्रपाणि) refers to “(having) a weapon in hand”, according to the Guhyasūtra chapter 3.—Accordingly, “[...] One may perform the Block-of-Wood Observance in a forest full of bears, tigers and lions, conquering the urges to sleep and eat, [constantly] reciting. If one takes on the appearance of a woman and sings and dances, adorned with bracelets, with a winnowing fan, ball and plait, one observes the Colourful Observance. With a weapon in hand (śastrapāṇi), full of compassion, if one wanders like a saviour of creatures (?) focussed upon recitation, meditation and worship, one performs the Warrior Observance. [...]”.

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Shaiva (शैव, śaiva) or Shaivism (śaivism) represents a tradition of Hinduism worshiping Shiva as the supreme being. Closely related to Shaktism, Shaiva literature includes a range of scriptures, including Tantras, while the root of this tradition may be traced back to the ancient Vedas.

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Śastrapāṇi (शस्त्रपाणि) refers to “holding a weapon in one’s hand”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.4.4 (“Search for Kārttikeya and his conversation with Nandin”).—Accordingly, as Brahmā narrated to Nārada: “Urged by the gods, sages and mountains, the lord sent his Gaṇas as his emissaries to the place where his son was staying. [...] All the emissaries of Śiva went and haughtily encircled the abode of the Kṛttikās with various miraculous weapons in their hands (śastrapāṇi) [nānāśastrāstrapāṇayaḥ]. On seeing them the Kṛttikās were extremely terrified. They spoke to Kārttikeya blazing with divine splendour”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Languages of India and abroad

Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

śastrapāṇi (शस्त्रपाणि).—a S Weapon in hand, armed.

Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-English

śastrapāṇi (शस्त्रपाणि).—a Weapon in hand, armed.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śastrapāṇi (शस्त्रपाणि).—a. bearing arms, armed. (-m.) an armed warrior.

Śastrapāṇi is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śastra and pāṇi (पाणि).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śastrapāṇi (शस्त्रपाणि).—mfn. (-ṇiḥ-ṇiḥ-ṇi) A warrior armed, having weapons in the hand. E. śastra, and pāṇi the hand.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śastrapāṇi (शस्त्रपाणि).—[adjective] having a sword in hand.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Śastrapāṇi (शस्त्रपाणि):—[=śastra-pāṇi] [from śastra > śas] mfn. (m.[case] also ṇin) ‘weapon-handed’, armed

2) [v.s. ...] m. an armed warrior, [Hitopadeśa; Vetāla-pañcaviṃśatikā]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śastrapāṇi (शस्त्रपाणि):—[śastra-pāṇi] (ṇiḥ-ṇiḥ-ṇi) 2. m. Idem.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shastrapani in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śastrapāṇi (ಶಸ್ತ್ರಪಾಣಿ):—[noun] a man holding a weapon.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Shastra, Pani.

Starts with: Shastrapanin.

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