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śastra

śastrá n. (for 2. See under √ śas) invocation, praise (applied to any hymn recited either audibly or inaudibly, as opp. to stoma, which is sung, but esp. the verses recited by the Hotṛ and his assistant as an accompaniment to the Grahas at the Soma libation), [VS.]; [Br.]; [ŚrS.]; [ChUp.]

reciting, recitation, [ŚāṅkhBr.]

śástra m. (for 1. See p. 1044, col. 1) a sword, [L.]

śástra n. an instrument for cutting or wounding, knife, sword, dagger, any weapon (even applied to an arrow, [Bhaṭṭ.]; weapons are said to be of four kinds, pāṇi-mukta, yantra-mukta, muktāmukta, and amukta), [ŚBr.] &c. &c.

any instrument or tool (see comp.)

iron, steel, [L.]

a razor, [L.]