शास्त्र [शिष्यतेऽनेन शास्-ष्ट्रन्]
1 An order, a command, rule, precept.
2 A sacred precept or rule, scriptural injunction.
3 A religious or sacred treatise, sacred book, scripture; see comps. below.
4 Any department of knowledge, science; इति गुह्यतमं शास्त्रं Bg. 15. 20; शास्त्रे- ष्वकुंठिता बुद्धिः R. 1. 19; often at the end of comp. after the word denoting the subject, or applied collectively to the whole body of teaching on that subject; वेदांतशास्त्र, न्यायशास्त्र, तर्कशास्त्र, अलंकारशास्त्र &c.
5 What is learnt, knowledge; Śi. 5. 47.
6 A work, treatise; तंत्रैः पंच- भिरेतच्चकार सुमनोहरं शास्त्रं Pt. 1.
6 Theory (opp. प्रयोग or practice); इमं मां च शास्त्रे प्रयोगे च विमृशतु M. 1.
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−अतिक्रमः, −अननुष्ठानं vio lation of sacred precepts, disregard of religious authority. −अनुष्ठानं −अ- नुसारः conformity to or observance of sacred precepts.
−अभिज्ञ a. versed in the Śāstras.
−अर्थः 1. the meaning of a sacred precept.
2 a scriptural precept or statement.
−आचरणं 1. observance of sacred precepts. −2. the study of Śāstras. (
−णः) 1. one versed in scriptures. −2. a student of the Vedas.
−उक्त a. prescribed by sacred laws, enjoined by the Śāstras, lawful, legal. −कारः −कृत m. 1. the author of a Śāstra or sacred book.
2 an author in general. −3. a sage, saint.
−कोविद् a. versed in the Śāstras.
−गंडः a superficial reader of books, superficial scholar.
−चक्षुस् n. grammar (as being the 'eye', as it were, with which to understand any Śāstra).
−चारणः one who deserves sacred precepts. −ज्ञ, −विद् a.
1. well versed in the Śāstras. −2. a mere theorist.
−ज्ञानं knowledge of sacred books, conversancy with scriptures.
−तत्त्वं truth as taught in the Śāstras, scriptural truth. ºज्ञः an astronomer.
−दर्शिन् a. stated or enjoined in sacred books.
−दृष्ट्रिः f. scriptural point of view.
−प्रसंगः 1. the subject of the Śāstras. −2. any discussion on scriptural points.
−योनिः the source of the Śāstras. −विधानं, −विधिः a sacred precept, scriptural injunction. −वि- प्रतिपेधः, −विरोधः 1. mutual contradiction of sacred precepts, inconsistency of precepts. −2. any act contrary to sacred precepts.
−विमुख a. averse from study; Pt. 1.
−विरुद्ध a. contrary to the Śāstras, illegal, unlawful.
−व्युत्पत्तिः f. intimate knowledge of the sacred writings, proficiency in the Śāstras.
−शिल्पिन् m. the country of Kāshmīra. −सि- द्ध a. established by sacred authority.