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Definition of Shastra

Shastra
Shaster Shas"ter, Shastra Shas"tra, n. [Skr. c[=a]stra an order or command, a sacred book, fr. c[=a]s to order, instruct, govern. Cf. Sastra.] A treatise for authoritative instruction among the Hindoos; a book of institutes; especially, a treatise explaining the Vedas. [Written also sastra.]

Meaning of Shastra from wikipedia

- such as Yoga-shastra Nyaya-shastra Dharma-shastra Koka- or Kama-shastra, Moksha-shastra Artha-shastra Alaṅkara-shastra (rhetoric) Kāvya-shastra (poetics)...
- Originating in ancient India, Vastu Shastra (Sanskrit: वास्तु शास्त्र, vāstu śāstra – literally "science of architecture") is a traditional Hindu system...
- The Nāṭya Shāstra (Sanskrit: नाट्य शास्त्र, Nāṭyaśāstra) is a Sanskrit treatise on the performing arts. The text is attributed to sage Bharata, and its...
- Samudrika Shastra (Sanskrit: सामुद्रिक शास्त्र), part of the Indian astrology, is the study of face reading, aura reading, and whole body analysis. The...
- Tarka Shastra (तर्कशास्त्र, IAST: tarkaśāstra) is a Sanskrit term for the philosophy of dialectics, logic and reasoning, and art of debate that analyzes...
- Shastra is a 1996 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Sanjay Khanna. The film stars Suniel Shetty and Anjali Jathar. Vijay Khanna sole ambition...
- Vaastu Shastra (lit. 'Science of architecture') is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language horror film produced by Ram Gopal Varma and directed by Saurab Usha Narang...
- Kāma-shastra refers to the tradition of works about kāma (broadly desire; particularly love, erotic, sensual and ****ual desire in this case). Kāma-shastra...
- Shilpa Shastras (Sanskrit: शिल्प शास्त्र śilpa śāstra) literally means the Science of Shilpa (arts and crafts). It is an ancient umbrella term for numerous...
- person named Kautilya, compiling selections from these texts into a new shastra, which was likely titled Daņdanīti, "literally the administration of punishment...