संस्तर /saṅstara/ m.
1) слой, пласт
2) подстилка (из травы или соломы)
3) покров
4) осыпание (цветами); разбрасывание (цветов)

существительное, м.р.

	sg.	du.	pl.
Nom.	saṃstaraḥ	saṃstarau	saṃstarāḥ
Gen.	saṃstarasya	saṃstarayoḥ	saṃstarāṇām
Dat.	saṃstarāya	saṃstarābhyām	saṃstarebhyaḥ
Instr.	saṃstareṇa	saṃstarābhyām	saṃstaraiḥ
Acc.	saṃstaram	saṃstarau	saṃstarān
Abl.	saṃstarāt	saṃstarābhyām	saṃstarebhyaḥ
Loc.	saṃstare	saṃstarayoḥ	saṃstareṣu
Voc.	saṃstara	saṃstarau	saṃstarāḥ

Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
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 संस्तर [ saṃstara ] [ saṃ-stara ] m. (ifc. f ( [ ā ] ) .) a layer (of grass or leaves) , bed , couch Lit. MBh. Lit. Kāv.

  a scattered mass (of flowers ) Lit. MBh. Lit. R.

  a covering , cover Lit. Kāvyâd.

  scattering , strewing (v.l. for [ -staraṇa ] ) Lit. Śak.

  spreading , extension , propagation (of laws or customs) Lit. Hariv.

  a sacrifice or the ritual arrangements for a sacrifice ( generally ifc. , as in [ yajña-s ] ) Lit. MBh. Lit. R.

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