(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).