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shastra

shastra


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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Shaster  \Shas"ter\,  Shastra  \Shas"tra\,  n.  [Skr.  c[=a]stra  an 
  order  or  command,  a  sacred  book,  fr  c[=a]s  to  order 
  instruct,  govern.  Cf  {Sastra}.] 
  A  treatise  for  authoritative  instruction  among  the  Hindoos;  a 
  book  of  institutes;  especially,  a  treatise  explaining  the 
  Vedas.  [Written  also  {sastra}.]