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sceptre meaning in Sanskrit

शास्ति śāsti

/ˈsɛptə/US/ˈsɛptɚ/

sceptre in Sanskrit: शास्ति (śāsti). In English, sceptre means an ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch as a symbol of power.

Sanskrit words for sceptre

sceptre
शास्ति śāsti

English meaning of sceptre

  1. noun An ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch as a symbol of power.
  2. verb To give a sceptre to.
  3. verb To invest with royal power.

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Questions about sceptre in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of sceptre in Sanskrit?
Sceptre in Sanskrit is शास्ति (śāsti).
sceptre इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Sceptre: शास्ति (śāsti).
What does sceptre mean in English?
Sceptre means an ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch as a symbol of power.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “sceptre”: शास्ति. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: sceptre (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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