Shastra

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A treatise for authoritative instruction in Hinduism, especially one explaining the Vedas.
noun
  1. Alternative form of Shastra.

Word forms

Shastra Shastras Sastra Shastah Shaster Shastrah

Etymology

From Sanskrit शास्त्र (śāstra, “precept, rule, book or treatise”).

Related words

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