SAsanaM [ SAs-lyuw ] 1 Instruction, teaching, discipline. 2 Rule, sway, government; ananyaSAsanAmurvI R. 1. 30 ; so apratiSAsana . 3 An order, a ( pb ) command, direction; taruBirapi devasya SAsanaM praptARIkftaM Ś. 6 ; R. 3. 69 , 14. 83 , 18. 28. 4 An edict, enactment, a decree. 5 A precept, rule. 6 A royal grant (of land &c.), charter; ahaM tvAM SAsanaSatena yoja yizyAmi Pt. 1 ; Y. 2. 240 , 295. 7 A deed, writing, written agreement. 8 Control of passions. 9 A written book of authority. (At the end of comp. SAsana often means ‘punisher, destroyer, killer’; as in smaraSAsanaH , pAkaSAsanaH ). Comp. — ativfttiH f. violation of commands, disobedience. — patraM 1 a plate (usually of copper) on which a grant of land &c. is inscribed. 2 a sheet of paper on which an order is written. — haraH a royal messenger. — hArin m. an envoy, a messenger; R. 3. 68.