شست shast P s. f. 1. Aim. 2. A large fishing hook (not used in angling with the hand, but left attached to a strong line which is fastened to the shore). 3. The handle of a bow. 4. A thumbstal (used to defend the thumb in pulling the string of a bow). شست باندهنا shast bāndh- nā, To aim. شست جسته shast-justa, Shot from the bow (an arrow).

شستر शस्त्र shastr S s. m. A weapon (in general, or especially such as is used in the hand). شستردهاري शस्त्रधारी shastra-dhārī, adj. Armed,

شسترسالا शस्त्रशाला shastra-sāla S s. f. Place or magazine of arms.

نشست nishast P (from نشستن) s. f. Sitting. نشست برخاست nishast-barḵẖāst, s. f. Man- ners, good breeding, etiquette, politeness. نشست گاه nishast-gāh, s. f. A place where people meet to sit and talk, sitting-room.

هست hast P s. f. Being, existence.

هست hast S̱. s. m. (dakh.) Elephant: see هستي hastī.

هست hast S (हस्त) s. m. Name of the 13th mansion of the moon. (Corvus).

هست हस्त hast S s. m. 1. The hand. 2. A cubit.

هستا hastā S̱. (हस्त) s. m. Name of the 13th mansion of the moon. (Corvus).

هستناپر हस्तिनापुर hastinā-pur S s. m. An- cient Dihlī, the capital of Yudhish̤ṭhira and his brethren, the remains of which still exist, about 57 miles N. E. of the modern city, on the banks of the old channel of the Ganges.

هستني हस्तिनी hastinī S s. f. 1. A description of woman, the worst of the four classes: see under پدمني. 2. A female elephant.

هستي hast-ī P s. f. Existence, entity, world.

هستي हस्ती hastī S s. m. An elephant.