stṛ 1
stṛ (or stṝ). cl. 5. 9. P. Ā. (Dhātup. xxvii, 6
• xxxi, 14) stṛṇóti, stṛṇute or stṛnāti, striṇīté (Ved. and ep. also stárati, ○te
• pf. tastāra, tastare [3. pl. tastaruḥ, tastarire] Br. &c
• 3. sg. with pass. sense tistiré RV
• 3. pl. tastrire AV
• p. Ā. tistirāṇá RV
• aor. ástar, star ib
• astṛṣi, astṛta AitBr
• astarīt AV
• astārṣīt, [astar˘ISTa], astīrṣṭa Gr
• Prec. stṛṣīya AV
• staryāt or stīryāt
• stṛṣīṣṭa, [star˘ISISTa], stīrṣīṣṭa Gr
• fut. startā Gr
• stariṣyati, te○ [Gr. also starīṣ○] Br. &c
• inf. startum or [star˘Itum] Gr
• stártave, ○tavai, [star˘Itavaí] Br
• stárītave AV
• -stíre, -stṛṇīṣáṇi RV
• ind. p. stīrtvā́ or stṛtvā́ Br
• -stīrya ib
• -stṛtya MBh.), to spread, spread out or about, strew, scatter (esp. the sacrifical grass
• in this sense in older language only cl. 9. P. A.) RV. AV. Br. ŚrS. R
• to spread over, bestrew, cover KātyŚr. MBh. &c
• (cl. 5. P. Ā.) to lay low, overthrow, slay (an enemy) RV. AV. Br. Up.: Pass. stīryate (○ti) or striyáte (Gr. also staryate
• aor. ástāri), to be spread or strewn &c. RV. &c. &c.: Caus. stārayati (aor. atastarat), to spread, cover Bhaṭṭ.: Desid. tistīrṣate or tústūrṣate (Gr. also P. and [tistar˘ISati], ○te), to wish to spread or strew or lay low Br. Up.: Intens. tāstaryate, testīryate, tāstarti Gr. [Cf. Gk. ? ; Lat. [1260, 1] sternere ; Goth. straujan ; Germ. streuen ; Angl. Sax. streowian ; Eng. strew.]

stṛ 2
stṛ́ m. (only in pl. nom. stṛṇas [?], gen. stṛṇām [vḷ. stṝnām] and instr. pl. stṛ́bhis
• cf. tṛ́ nom. pl. tāras) a star (as the 'light-strewer' or pl. the 'scattered ones') RV. Jyot
• a mark or star-like spot (on the forehead of a bull or cow) RV. [Cf. Lat. stella ; Germ. ṣtern ; Eng. star
• accord. to some for as-tṛ (√2. as)
• Gk. ?.] [1260, 2]

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William