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शास्त्रम् [śāstram] [शिष्यतेऽनेन शास्-ष्ट्रन्] An order, a command, rule, precept; अतिक्रामति यः शास्त्रं पितुर्धर्मार्थदर्शिनः [Mb.5.148.] 21. A sacred precept or rule, scriptural injunction; तस्माच्छास्त्रं प्रमाणं ते कार्याकार्यव्यवस्थितौ [Bg.16.24.] A religious or sacred treatise, sacred book, scripture; see comps. below. Any department of knowledege, science; इति गुह्यतमं शास्त्रम् [Bg.15.2;] शास्त्रेष्वकुण्ठिता 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; वेदान्तशास्त्र, न्यायशास्त्र, तर्कशास्त्र, अलंकार- शास्त्र &c. What is learnt, knowledge; [Śi.5.47.] A work, treatise; तन्त्रैः पञ्चभिरेतच्चकार सुमनोहरं शास्त्रकम् [Pt.1.] Theory (opp. प्रयोग or practice); इमं मां च शास्त्रे प्रयोगे च विमृशतु [M.1.] The material and spiritual science together; तत्त्वाभेदेन यच्छास्त्रं तत्कार्यं नान्यथाविधम् [Mb. 12.267.9.] -Comp. -अतिक्रमः -अननुष्ठानम् violation of sacred precepts, disregard of religious authority. -अनुष्ठानम्, -अनुसारः conformity to or observance of sacred precepts. -अन्वित a. a. conformable to doctrine or rule. -अभिज्ञ a. a. versed in the Śāstras. अर्थः the meaning of the sacred precept. a scriptural precept or statement. आचरणम् observance of sacred precepts. the study of Śāstras. (णः) one versed in scriptures. a student of Vedas.-आवर्तलिपिः a particular mode of writing. -उक्त a. a. prescribed by sacred laws, enjoined by the Śāstras, lawful, legal. -कारः, -कृत् m. m. the author of a Śāstra or sacred book. an author in general. a sage, saint.-कोविद a. versed in the Śāstras. -गण्डः a superficial reader of books, superficial scholar. -चक्षुस् n. n. grammar (as being the 'eye', as it were, with which to understand any Śāstra). -चारणः one who deserves sacred precepts. -ज्ञ, -दर्शिन्, -विद् a. well-versed in the Śāstras. a mere theorist. -ज्ञानम् knowledge of sacred books, conversancy with scriptures. -तत्त्वम् truth as taught in the Śāstras, scriptural truth. ˚ज्ञः an astronomer.-दृष्ट a. stated or enjoined in sacred books; तदहं प्रष्टुमिच्छामि शास्त्रदृष्टेन कर्मणा [Rām.] -दृष्टिः f. f. scriptural point of view. -m. an astrologer. प्रसंगः the subject of the Śāstras. any discussion on scriptural points. -योनिः the source of the Śāstras. -वक्तृ an expounder of sacred books or knowledge. -वर्जित a. a. free from all rule or law. -वादः a precept or statement of the Śāstras.-विधानम्, -विधिः a sacred precept, scriptural injunction. विप्रतिषेधः, विरोधः mutual contradiction of sacred precepts, inconsistency of precepts. any act contrary to sacred precepts. -विमुख a. a. averse from study; [Pt.1.] -विरुद्ध a. a. contrary to the Śāstras, illegal, unlawful. -व्युत्पत्तिः f. f. intimate knowledge of the sacred writings, proficiency in the Śāstras. -शिल्पिन् m. m. the country of Kāśmīra. -सिद्ध a. a. established by sacred authority.
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