Dictionary meanings for vistṛ from Apte and Monier-Williams.
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Apte Sanskrit-English Dictionary
5 U., vistṝ 9 U. 1 To spread, diffuse.
2 To cover, fill.
3 To extend, expand.
4 To strew or scatter about. Caus. 1 To [Page1001-c+ 57] cause to spread or expand; as in payodharavistārayitṛkaṃ yauvanaṃ Ś. 1.
2 To increase; R. 7. 39.
3 To stretch, extend.
Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary
(or stṝ) P. A1. -stṛṇoti, -stṛṇute; -stṛṇāti,-stṛṇīte (ep. also -starati; ind.p. -stīrya, or -stṛtya), to spread out, scatter, strew (sacrificial grass) R.; to expand, extend (wings) R.; to spread abroad, diffuse, divulge BhP.; to enlarge or expatiate upon,... mfn. extensive, long (as a story) Sa1h. 1001,3 202864 m. (ifc. f (A).; cf. vi-stāra and Pa1n2. 3-3, 31 Va1m. v, 2, 41) spreading, extension, expansion,...