शास्त्रśāstran. an order, command, precept, rule RV. Ka1v. Pur.
- neuter gender an order, command, precept, rule fg-veda Ka1v. Pur.
- neuter gender teaching, instruction, direction, advice, good counsel MBh. Ka1v. etc.
- neuter gender any instrument of teaching, any manual or compendium of rules, any bock or treatise, (especially) any religious or scientific treatise, any sacred book or composition of divine authority (applicable even to the Veda वेद, and said to be of fourteen or even eighteen kinds [see under विद्या]; the word शास्त्र is often found in fine compositi or 'at the end of a compound' after the word denoting the subject of the book, or is applied collectively to whole departments of knowledge exempli gratia, 'for example' वेदा*न्त-श्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, a work on the Veda7nta वेदा*न्त philosophy or the whole body of teaching on that subject; धर्म-श्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, a law-book or whole body of written laws; काव्य-श्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, a poetical work or poetry in general; शिल्पि-श्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, works on the mechanical arts; काम-श्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, erotic compositions; अलंकार श्that the rest of a word is to be supplied, rhetoric, etc.) Nir. Pra1t. Mn. MBh. etc.
- neuter gender a body of teaching (in general), scripture, science Ka1v. Pur.
Source: Monier-Williams
