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śāsशास्(cf. √ śaṃs) cl. 2. P. ([Dhātup. xxiv, 67]) śāsti (Ved. and ep. also śā́ste and śāsati, °te; du. śiṣṭhaḥ &c., [Pāṇ. vi, 4, 34]; 3. pl. śāsati, [ib.] [vi, 1, 6]; impf. aśāt, [Br.] &c.; Impv. śādhi, śāstána, [RV.]; Pot. śiṣyāt, [Up.]; [GṛŚrS.]; pf. śaśāsa, °suḥ [in [RV.] also Impv. śaśādhi and Subj. śaśās] [RV.] &c. &c.; aor. aśiṣat [in [RV.] also 1. pl. śiṣāmahi and p. śiṣát] [ib.]; fut. śāsitā Gr.; śāsiṣyati, °te, [Br.] &c.; inf. śāstum, [GṛŚrS.]; śāsitum, [MBh.] &c.; ind.p. śāsitvā or śiṣṭvā, [ib.]; -śiṣya, [Br.]; [Up.]; -śāsya, [MBh.] &c.), to chastise, correct, censure, punish, [RV.] &c. &c.; to restrain, control, rule, govern (also with rājyam or aiśvaryam), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.; to administer the laws (with dharmam, ‘to administer justice’), [MBh.]; to direct, bid, order, command, enjoin, decree (with an inf. or a sentence followed by iti), [ib.]; to teach, instruct, inform (with two acc., or with acc. of pers. and dat. or loc. of thing), [RV.] &c. &c.; to confess (a crime), [Mn. xi, 82]; to announce, proclaim, [Bhaṭṭ.]; to predict, foretell, [VarBṛS.]; to blame, reject, disdain (?), [RV. x, 32, 4]; to praise, commend (= √ śaṃs), [Hit. iii, 102] : Pass. śāsyate or śiṣyate (cf. √ śiṣ), to be chastised or corrected &c., [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.: Caus. śāśayati (aor. aśaśāsat, [Pāṇ. vii, 4, 2]), to recommend, [Bālar. v, 33] : Desid. śiśāsiṣati Gr.: Intens. śeśiṣyate, śāśāsti, [ib.]
śā́s f. command
a commander, ruler, [RV.]
strong form of √ 1. śas.
strong form for 3. śas (see uktha-śás).
śāsaशासśā́sa m. order, command, [RV.]
(śāsá), a commander, ruler, chastiser, [RV.]
N. of the hymn [x, 152], [AitBr.]
of its author (having the patr. Bhāradvāja), [Anukr.]
śāsá m. (for 1. See p. 1068, col. 3) a butcher's knife, [Br.]; [ŚrS.]
śāsinशासिन्mfn. (only ifc.) punishing, chastising, [Hariv.]
governing, ruling, [Ragh.]
teaching, instructing, [Śiś.]
śāstṛशास्तृśāstṛ́ m. a chastiser, punisher, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
a ruler, commander, [TS.] &c. &c.
a teacher, instructor, [Āpast.]; [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c. (also applied to Punishment and to the Sword personified)
N. of Buddha, [Rājat.] (accord. to [L.] also ‘a Jina or the deified teacher of either of these sects’)
a father, [MW.]
śāstiशास्तिf. correction, punishment, [MārkP.]
direction, order, command, [Prab.], Sch.
governing, ruling, [W.]
a sceptre, [ib.]
m. N. of the root śās, [Śiś. xiv, 66.]
śāsusशासुस्śā́sus n. order, command, [RV.]
śāsyaशास्यśā́sya mfn. to be punished, punishable, [Mn.]; [Gaut.]; [Bālar.]
to be controlled or governed, [MBh.]
to be directed, [RV.]
to be corrected, [MW.]
w.r. for sasya, [MBh. xii, 2691.]
śāsakaशासकm. a chastiser, teacher, instructor, governor, ruler, [Śiś.] (cf. mahī-ś°).
śāsanīशासनीśā́sanī (ī), f. an instructress, [RV. i, 31, 11]
śāsanaशासनśā́sana mf(I)n. punishing, a punisher, chastiser (see pāka-, pura-, rukmi-, smara-ś°)
teaching, instructing, an instructor, [BhP.]
śā́sana (am), n. (ifc. f(A). ) punishment, chastisement, correction (śāsanaṃ-√ kṛ, to inflict punishment), [Baudh.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
government, dominion, rule over (comp.), [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
an order, command, edict, enactment, decree, direction (śāsanaṃ-√ kṛ [kāṅkṣ, [Baudh.]] or śāsane-√ vṛt or sthā, ‘to obey orders’; śāsanāt with gen., ‘by command of’; f(SAsanA). Sch. on [Śiś. xiv, 36]), [RV.] &c. &c.
a royal edict, grant, charter (usually a grant of land or of partic. privileges, and often inscribed on stone or copper), [Yājñ.]; [Kāv.]; [Rājat.] &c.
a writing, deed, written contract or agreement, [W.]
any written book or work of authority, scripture (= śāstra), [ib.]
teaching, instruction, discipline, doctrine (also = ‘faith’, ‘religion’), [MBh.]; [Kām.]; [Kathās.]
a message (see comp.)
self-control, [W.]
śāsitaशासितmfn. governed, ruled, directed, instructed, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
restrained, controlled, [R.]
punished, chastised, [Hit.]
śāsitṛशासितृm. a punisher, chastiser, [Mn. vii, 17]
a governor, commander, ruler over (acc. or comp.), [Rājat.]; [Kathās.]; [Campak.]
a teacher, instructor, [Mn.]; [Ragh.]; [Sarvad.]
śāstraशास्त्रśāstrá n. an order, command, precept, rule, [RV.]; [Kāv.]; [Pur.]
teaching, instruction, direction, advice, good counsel, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
any instrument of teaching, any manual or compendium of rules, any book or treatise, (esp.) any religious or scientific treatise, any sacred book or composition of divine authority (applicable even to the Veda, and said to be of fourteen or even eighteen kinds [see under vidyā]; the word is often found ifc. after the word denoting the subject of the book, or is applied collectively to whole departments of knowledge, e.g. vedānta-ś°, a work on the Vedānta philosophy or the whole body of teaching on that subject; dharma-ś°, a law-book or whole body of written laws; kāvya-ś°, a poetical work or poetry in general; śilpi-ś°, works on the mechanical arts; kāma-ś°, erotic compositions; alaṃkāra ś°, rhetoric, &c.), [Nir.]; [Prāt.]; [Mn.]; [MBh.] &c.
a body of teaching (in general), scripture, science, [Kāv.]; [Pur.]
śāstṛkaशास्तृकmfn. coming from a teacher, [Pāṇ. iv, 2, 104], Vārtt. 15, [Pat.]
śāstrinशास्त्रिन्mfn. or m. versed in the Śāstras, learned (cf. satata-ś°), [Cat.]
m. a teacher of sacred books or science, a learned man, [W.]
a Buddha, [Śiś.], Sch.
śāsanīyaशासनीयmfn. to be chastised or corrected, deserving punishment, punishable, [MW.]
to be governed or directed or instructed, [Śak.] (v.l.)
śāstṛtvaशास्तृत्वśāstṛ—tva n. the state of being a ruler, ruling, governing, [BhP.]
śāstrīyaशास्त्रीयmfn. taught in or agreeable to the Śāstras, belonging to the Ś°s, conformable to sacred precepts, legal, [Sāh.]; [Śaṃk.] &c.
śāstraughaशास्त्रौघm. a treatise of great extent, [IndSt.]
śāstrikaशास्त्रिकmfn. versed in the Śāstras, [ŚivaP.]
śāstritaशास्त्रितmfn. (fr. śāstra) g. tārakādi
treated according to the Śāstras, [MW.]
śāsahastaशासहस्तśāsa—hasta mfn. holding a butcher's knife in the hand, [AitBr.]
śāsitavyaशासितव्यmfn. to be taught or prescribed, [Pāṇ. iii, 3, 133], Vārtt. 3
to be governed or directed &c., [W.]
śāstrārthaशास्त्रार्थm. the object or purport of a book, a precept of the Ś° or of any partic. Ś°, [MW.]
śāstrajñaशास्त्रज्ञśāstra—jña mfn. (or m.) acquainted with the Ś°s, learned, a specialist (kevala-ś°, ‘a mere theorist’), [VarBṛS.]; [Suśr.]; [Pañcat.] &c.
a mere theorist, [MW.]
śāstrakṛtशास्त्रकृत्śāstra—kṛt m. id., [BhP.]; [Vedāntas.]
a writer or author (in general), [W.] : a Ṛṣi (as the author of sacred works), [ib.]
śāstratasशास्त्रतस्śāstra—tas ind. accord. to the Ś° or accord. to prescribed rules, [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [R.]; [Suśr.]
śāstratvaशास्त्रत्वśāstra—tva n. the being a rule &c., [Sarvad.]
śāstravatशास्त्रवत्śāstra—vat ind. = -tas, [MBh.]; [Hit.] (v.l.)
śāstra—vat mfn. having or following sacred books or precepts, skilled in sacred writings, [W.]
śāstravidशास्त्रविद्śāstra—vid mfn. = -jñā, [Mn.]; [Gaut.]; [VarBṛ.]
one who has studied the Āyur-veda, [L.]
śāstroktaशास्त्रोक्तmfn. declared or enjoined by the Ś°, [W.]
śāsanadharaशासनधरśāsana—dhara mfn. one who bears a message or order, a messenger, envoy, [Kuval.]
śāsanaśilāशासनशिलाśāsana—śilā f. an edict (engraved on) stone, [Sadukt.]
śāsanadevīशासनदेवीśāsana—devatā or śāsana—devī, f. (with Jainas) the female messenger of an Arhat, [HPariś.]
śāsanaharaशासनहरśāsana—hara mfn. = -dhara, [L.]
śāstracauraशास्त्रचौरśāstra—caura m. one who unlawfully promulgates another's system of teaching (as if it were his own), [MārkP.]
śāstradīpaशास्त्रदीपśāstra—dīpa m. N. of wk.
śāstrakāraशास्त्रकारśāstra—kāra m. the author of a Śāstra, [VarBṛS.]
śāstralokaशास्त्रलोकśāstra—loka m. N. of wk.
śāstramālāशास्त्रमालाśāstra—mālā f. N. of wk.
śāstramatiशास्त्रमतिśāstra—mati mfn. having a well-informed mind, learned in the Ś°, [Kām.]
śāstrasāraशास्त्रसारśāstra—sāra m. N. of wk.
śāstravādaशास्त्रवादśāstra—vāda m. a precept or statement or maxim of the Ś°, [R.]
śāstravidhiशास्त्रविधिśāstra—vidhi m. = -vidhāna, [W.]
śāstraṭīkāशास्त्रटीकाśāstra—ṭīkā f. N. of wk.
śāstrayoniशास्त्रयोनिśāstra—yoni m. the source of the Ś° (-tva n.), [MW.]
śāsanahārinशासनहारिन्śāsana—hārin ([Ragh.]) mfn. id.
śāstrābhijñaशास्त्राभिज्ञmfn. versed in the Ś°, [Hit.]
śāstrānvitaशास्त्रान्वितmfn. conformable to doctrine or rule, [L.]
śāstrīyatvaशास्त्रीयत्वśāstrīya—tva n. the fact of being prescribed in the Śāstras, [Mn.], Sch.
śāstrabuddhiशास्त्रबुद्धिśāstra—buddhi f. learning (derived) from the Ś°s [R.]
śāstradasyuशास्त्रदस्युśāstra—dasyu m. = -caura, [MBh.]
śāstradṛṣṭaशास्त्रदृष्टśāstra—dṛṣṭa mfn. ‘seen in the Ś°’, mentioned or prescribed in the Ś°, according to precept or rule, scientific, [Mn.]; [Kāv.] &c.
śāstradṛṣṭiशास्त्रदृष्टिśāstra—dṛṣṭi f. scriptural point of view, [A.]
śāstra—dṛṣṭi mfn. = -cakṣus, [MBh.]
śāstra—dṛṣṭi m. an astrologer, [MārkP.] (cf. -tattva-jña).
śāstragaṇḍaशास्त्रगण्डśāstra—gaṇḍa m. = praghaṭā-vid, a superficial reader of books or a general reader (?), [L.]
śāstragañjaशास्त्रगञ्जśāstra—gañja m. N. of a parrot, [Kathās.]
śāstrajñānaशास्त्रज्ञानśāstra—jñāna n. knowledge of the Ś°, knowledge derived from the study of the Ś°, [W.]
śāstrajñatāशास्त्रज्ञताśāstra—jña—tā f. acquaintance with the Ś°, [W.]
śāstrakroḍaशास्त्रक्रोडśāstra—kroḍa m. N. of wk.
śāstranetraशास्त्रनेत्रśāstra—netra mfn. = -cakṣus, [Śivag.]
śāstranindāशास्त्रनिन्दाśāstra—nindā f. reviling or denying the authority of the Ś°, [W.]
śāstrapāṇinशास्त्रपाणिन्śāstra—pāṇin w.r. for śastra-p°, [Hit.]
śāstraprabhāशास्त्रप्रभाśāstra—prabhā f. N. of wk.
śāstrasiddhaशास्त्रसिद्धśāstra—siddha mfn. established by the Ś°, [W.]
śāstravādinशास्त्रवादिन्śāstra—vādin m. a teacher of the Ś°, [Kāv.]
śāstravaktṛशास्त्रवक्तृśāstra—vaktṛ m. an expounder of sacred books, [ib.]
śāstritārthaशास्त्रितार्थm. a scientifically treated subject, [ib.]
śāsanadūṣakaशासनदूषकśāsana—dūṣaka mfn. disobeying a (royal) command, [Mṛcch.]
śāsanadevatāशासनदेवताśāsana—devatā or śāsana—devī, f. (with Jainas) the female messenger of an Arhat, [HPariś.]
śāsanahārakaशासनहारकśāsana—hāraka ([Kām.]) mfn. id.
śāsanapattraशासनपत्त्रśāsana—pattra n. ‘edict-plate’, a plate of copper or of stone on which an edict or grant is inscribed, [W.]
śāsanavāhakaशासनवाहकśāsana—vāhaka mfn. = -dhara, [Kām.]
śāsanavartinशासनवर्तिन्śāsana—vartin mfn. obeying the orders of (gen.), [Kathās.]
śāstrācaraṇaशास्त्राचरणn. observance of sacred precepts, [A.]
the study of the Ś°, [MW.]
m. one versed in the Ś°, a Paṇḍit, [W.]
a student of the Vedas or one whose conduct is regulated by their precepts, [ib.]
śāstrānusāraशास्त्रानुसारm. conformity to the Ś°, [ib.]
śāstraśilpinशास्त्रशिल्पिन्śāstra—śilpin m. the country of Kaśmīra, [ib.]
pl. the people of K°, [L.]
śāstracāraṇaशास्त्रचारणśāstra—cāraṇa mfn. = -darśin, [L.]
śāstracakṣusशास्त्रचक्षुस्śāstra—cakṣus n. ‘eye of science’, grammar, [L.]
śāstra—cakṣus mfn. having authoritative works as eyes, [MBh.]; [Kām.]; [Car.]
śāstradīpikāशास्त्रदीपिकाśāstra—dīpikā f. N. of two Comms. on the Mīmāṃsā-sūtra (by Pārtha-sārathi-miśra and Prabhā-kara)
śāstradarśinशास्त्रदर्शिन्śāstra—darśin mfn. = -jña, [L.]
śāstrajñatvaशास्त्रज्ञत्वśāstra—jña—tva n. acquaintance with the Ś°, [W.]
śāstrakovidaशास्त्रकोविदśāstra—kovida mfn. skilled in sacred works, [MW.]
śāstratattvaशास्त्रतत्त्वśāstra—tattva n. the truth (taught) in the Ś°, [W.]
śāstravidhānaशास्त्रविधानśāstra—vidhāna n. a precept of the Ś°, [W.]
śāstravimukhaशास्त्रविमुखśāstra—vimukha mfn. disinclined to learning, averse from study, [Bhartṛ.]
śāstravirodhaशास्त्रविरोधśāstra—virodha m. opposition to sacred precept, [ib.]
mutual contradiction of books, incompatibility of different works, [ib.]
śāstravyākhyāशास्त्रव्याख्याśāstra—vyākhyā f. N. of wk.
śāsanātivṛttiशासनातिवृत्तिf. the transgression of a command, [MW.]
śāsanalaṅghanaशासनलङ्घनśāsana—laṅghana n. transgression of an order or command, [Rājat.]
śāstrādhyāpakaशास्त्राध्यापकm. a teacher of the Śāstras, [L.]
śāstrānuṣṭhānaशास्त्रानुष्ठानn. observance of the Ś°, [W.]
applying one's self to books, [MW.]
śāstrānuṣṭhitaशास्त्रानुष्ठितmfn. established by the Ś°, obeying sacred precepts, [W.]
śāstrātikramaशास्त्रातिक्रमm. transgressing the Ś°, violation of sacred precepts, [ib.]
śāstracintakaशास्त्रचिन्तकśāstra—cintaka m. a learned man, [MBh.]
śāstradarśanaशास्त्रदर्शनśāstra—darśana n. mention in a Ś° or in any sacred or authoritative work
śāstradarpaṇaशास्त्रदर्पणśāstra—darpaṇa m. N. of various works.
śāstraprakāśaशास्त्रप्रकाशśāstra—prakāśa m. N. of wk.
śāstrapraveśaशास्त्रप्रवेशśāstra—praveśa m. N. of wk.
śāstravarjitaशास्त्रवर्जितśāstra—varjita mfn. free from all rule or law, [Kāv.]
śāstraviruddhaशास्त्रविरुद्धśāstra—viruddha mfn. opposed or contrary to the Ś°, [W.]