शास्त्रम् [śāstram] [शिष्यतेऽनेन शास्-ष्ट्रन्]
An order, a command, rule, precept; अतिक्रामति यः शास्त्रं पितुर्धर्मार्थदर्शिनः
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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
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-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.