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Word (IAST)Word (Devanagari)Overview
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.]
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.]
śāsanahārinशासनहारिन्śāsana—hārin ([Ragh.]) mfn. id.
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.]
śāsanalaṅghanaशासनलङ्घनśāsana—laṅghana n. transgression of an order or command, [Rājat.]
śāsanaparāṅmukhaशासनपराङ्मुखśāsana—parāṅmukha mf(I)n. disobedient to an order, [BhP.]