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Definition of Shastra

Shastra
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.]

Meaning of Shastra from wikipedia

- as Yoga-shastra, Nyaya-shastra, Dharma-shastra, Koka- or Kama-shastra, Moksha-shastra, Artha-shastra, Alamkara-shastra (rhetoric), Kavya-shastra (poetics)...
- Originating in ancient India, Vastu Shastra (Sanskrit: वास्तु शास्त्र, vāstu śāstra – literally "science of architecture") is a traditional Hindu system...
- Tarka Shastra (तर्कशास्त्र, IAST: tarkaśāstra) is a Sanskrit term for the philosophy of dialectics, logic and reasoning, and art of debate that analyzes...
- Shilpa Shastras (Sanskrit: शिल्प शास्त्र śilpa śāstra) literally means the Science of Shilpa (arts and crafts). It is an ancient umbrella term for numerous...
- conjuncts instead of Indic text. The Vaimānika Śāstra (वैमानिक शास्त्र, lit. "shastra on the topic of Vimanas"; or "science of aeronautics", sometimes also rendered...
- two words, "Nāṭya" and "Śhāstra". The root of the Sanskrit word Nāṭya is Naṭa (नट) which means "act, represent". The word Śhāstra (शास्त्र) means "precept...
- Samudrika Shastra (Sanskrit: सामुद्रिक शास्त्र), part of the Indian astrology, is the study of face reading, aura reading, and whole body analysis. The...
- Shastra is a 1996 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Sanjay Khanna. The film stars Sunil Shetty and Anjali Jathar. Vijay Khanna sole ambition...
- The Alankara Shastra is the traditional Indian science of aesthetics that deals with the principles and techniques of literary composition and ornamentation...
- Ram Shastra (transl.: Weapon of Ram) is a 1995 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Sanjay Gupta. The cast of the movie includes Jackie Shroff...