śāstra शास्त्र śāstrá 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.] śāstrajña शास्त्रज्ञ śāstra—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.] śāstrakṛt शास्त्रकृत् śāstra—kṛt m. id., [BhP.]; [Vedāntas.] a writer or author (in general), [W.] : a Ṛṣi (as the author of sacred works), [ib.] śāstratas शास्त्रतस् śāstra—tas ind. accord. to the Ś° or accord. to prescribed rules, [Mn.]; [MBh.]; [R.]; [Suśr.] śāstratva शास्त्रत्व śāstra—tva n. the being a rule &c., [Sarvad.] śāstravat शास्त्रवत् śāstra—vat ind. = -tas, [MBh.]; [Hit.] (v.l.) śāstra—vat mfn. having or following sacred books or precepts, skilled in sacred writings, [W.] śāstravid शास्त्रविद् śāstra—vid mfn. = -jñā, [Mn.]; [Gaut.]; [VarBṛ.] one who has studied the Āyur-veda, [L.] śāstracaura शास्त्रचौर śāstra—caura m. one who unlawfully promulgates another's system of teaching (as if it were his own), [MārkP.] śāstradīpa शास्त्रदीप śāstra—dīpa m. N. of wk. śāstrakāra शास्त्रकार śāstra—kāra m. the author of a Śāstra, [VarBṛS.] śāstraloka शास्त्रलोक śāstra—loka m. N. of wk. śāstramālā शास्त्रमाला śāstra—mālā f. N. of wk. śāstramati शास्त्रमति śāstra—mati mfn. having a well-informed mind, learned in the Ś°, [Kām.] śāstrasāra शास्त्रसार śāstra—sāra m. N. of wk. śāstravāda शास्त्रवाद śāstra—vāda m. a precept or statement or maxim of the Ś°, [R.] śāstravidhi शास्त्रविधि śāstra—vidhi m. = -vidhāna, [W.] śāstraṭīkā शास्त्रटीका śāstra—ṭīkā f. N. of wk. śāstrayoni शास्त्रयोनि śāstra—yoni m. the source of the Ś° (-tva n.), [MW.] śāstrabuddhi शास्त्रबुद्धि śāstra—buddhi f. learning (derived) from the Ś°s [R.] śāstradasyu शास्त्रदस्यु śāstra—dasyu m. = -caura, [MBh.] śāstradṛṣṭa शास्त्रदृष्ट śāstra—dṛṣṭa mfn. ‘seen in the Ś°’, mentioned or prescribed in the Ś°, according to precept or rule, scientific, [Mn.]; [Kāv.] &c. śāstradṛṣṭi शास्त्रदृष्टि śāstra—dṛṣṭi f. scriptural point of view, [A.] śāstra—dṛṣṭi mfn. = -cakṣus, [MBh.] śāstra—dṛṣṭi m. an astrologer, [MārkP.] (cf. -tattva-jña). śāstragaṇḍa शास्त्रगण्ड śāstra—gaṇḍa m. = praghaṭā-vid, a superficial reader of books or a general reader (?), [L.] śāstragañja शास्त्रगञ्ज śāstra—gañja m. N. of a parrot, [Kathās.] śāstrajñāna शास्त्रज्ञान śāstra—jñāna n. knowledge of the Ś°, knowledge derived from the study of the Ś°, [W.] śāstrajñatā शास्त्रज्ञता śāstra—jña—tā f. acquaintance with the Ś°, [W.] śāstrakroḍa शास्त्रक्रोड śāstra—kroḍa m. N. of wk. śāstranetra शास्त्रनेत्र śāstra—netra mfn. = -cakṣus, [Śivag.] śāstranindā शास्त्रनिन्दा śāstra—nindā f. reviling or denying the authority of the Ś°, [W.] śāstrapāṇin शास्त्रपाणिन् śāstra—pāṇin w.r. for śastra-p°, [Hit.] śāstraprabhā शास्त्रप्रभा śāstra—prabhā f. N. of wk. śāstrasiddha शास्त्रसिद्ध śāstra—siddha mfn. established by the Ś°, [W.] śāstravādin शास्त्रवादिन् śāstra—vādin m. a teacher of the Ś°, [Kāv.] śāstravaktṛ शास्त्रवक्तृ śāstra—vaktṛ m. an expounder of sacred books, [ib.] śāstraśilpin शास्त्रशिल्पिन् śāstra—śilpin m. the country of Kaśmīra, [ib.] pl. the people of K°, [L.] śāstracāraṇa शास्त्रचारण śāstra—cāraṇa mfn. = -darśin, [L.] śāstracakṣus शास्त्रचक्षुस् śāstra—cakṣus n. ‘eye of science’, grammar, [L.] śāstra—cakṣus mfn. having authoritative works as eyes, [MBh.]; [Kām.]; [Car.] śāstradīpikā शास्त्रदीपिका śāstra—dīpikā f. N. of two Comms. on the Mīmāṃsā-sūtra (by Pārtha-sārathi-miśra and Prabhā-kara) śāstradarśin शास्त्रदर्शिन् śāstra—darśin mfn. = -jña, [L.] śāstrajñatva शास्त्रज्ञत्व śāstra—jña—tva n. acquaintance with the Ś°, [W.] śāstrakovida शास्त्रकोविद śāstra—kovida mfn. skilled in sacred works, [MW.] śāstratattva शास्त्रतत्त्व śāstra—tattva n. the truth (taught) in the Ś°, [W.] śāstravidhāna शास्त्रविधान śāstra—vidhāna n. a precept of the Ś°, [W.] śāstravimukha शास्त्रविमुख śāstra—vimukha mfn. disinclined to learning, averse from study, [Bhartṛ.] śāstravirodha शास्त्रविरोध śāstra—virodha m. opposition to sacred precept, [ib.] mutual contradiction of books, incompatibility of different works, [ib.] śāstravyākhyā शास्त्रव्याख्या śāstra—vyākhyā f. N. of wk. śāstracintaka शास्त्रचिन्तक śāstra—cintaka m. a learned man, [MBh.] śāstradarśana शास्त्रदर्शन śāstra—darśana n. mention in a Ś° or in any sacred or authoritative work śāstradarpaṇa शास्त्रदर्पण śāstra—darpaṇa m. N. of various works. śāstraprakāśa शास्त्रप्रकाश śāstra—prakāśa m. N. of wk. śāstrapraveśa शास्त्रप्रवेश śāstra—praveśa m. N. of wk. śāstravarjita शास्त्रवर्जित śāstra—varjita mfn. free from all rule or law, [Kāv.] śāstraviruddha शास्त्रविरुद्ध śāstra—viruddha mfn. opposed or contrary to the Ś°, [W.] śāstrayonitva शास्त्रयोनित्व śāstra—yoni—tva n. śāstradarśanāt शास्त्रदर्शनात् śāstra—darśanāt (āt), ind. = śastra-tas, [MBh.] śāstraprasaṅga शास्त्रप्रसङ्ग śāstra—prasaṅga m. the subject of the Ś°, [W.] discussion of sacred works, [W.] śāstrasārāvali शास्त्रसारावलि śāstra—sārāvali f. N. of wk. śāstrasaṃgraha शास्त्रसंग्रह śāstra—saṃgraha m. N. of wk. śāstramālāvṛtti शास्त्रमालावृत्ति śāstra—mālā-vṛtti f. N. of wk. śāstraprakāśikā शास्त्रप्रकाशिका śāstra—prakāśikā f. N. of wk. śāstrasāroddhāra शास्त्रसारोद्धार śāstra—sāroddhāra m. N. of wk. śāstratattvajña शास्त्रतत्त्वज्ञ śāstra—tattva—jña mfn. knowing thoroughly a Ś°, understanding the truth of the Śāstras, [L.] śāstra—tattva—jña m. an astrologer, [L.] śāstravidhānokta शास्त्रविधानोक्त śāstra—vidhā°nokta mfn. prescribed by sacred precept, [MW.] śāstravyutpatti शास्त्रव्युत्पत्ति śāstra—vyutpatti f. perfect conversancy with the Ś°, [MW.] śāstradīpārthasāra शास्त्रदीपार्थसार śāstra—dīpārtha-sāra m. N. of wk. śāstrajaladhiratna शास्त्रजलधिरत्न śāstra—jaladhi-ratna n. N. of wk. śāstravipratiṣedha शास्त्रविप्रतिषेध śāstra—vipratiṣedha m. opposition to the Ś°, any act contrary to sacred precept, [ib.] śāstravipratiṣiddha शास्त्रविप्रतिषिद्ध śāstra—vipratiṣiddha mfn. forbidden by or contrary to the Ś°, [W.] śāstrapūjanaprakaraṇa शास्त्रपूजनप्रकरण śāstra—pūjana-prakaraṇa n. N. of wk. śāstrasiddhāntaleśasaṃgraha शास्त्रसिद्धान्तलेशसंग्रह śāstra—sid°dhānta-leśa-saṃgraha m. N. of wk. śāstrasiddhāntaleśasaṃgrahasāra शास्त्रसिद्धान्तलेशसंग्रहसार śāstra—sid°dhānta-leśa-saṃgraha-sāra m. N. of wk.