SAstraM [ Sizyate'nena SAs-zwran ] 1 An order, a command, rule, precept. 2 A sacred precept or rule, scriptural injunction. 3 A religious or sacred treatise, sacred book, scripture; see comps. below. 4 Any department of knowledge, science; iti guhyatamaM SAstraM Bg. 15. 20 ; SAstrezvakuMWitA budDiH R. 1. 19 ; often at the end of comp. after the word denoting the subject, or applied collectively to the whole body of teaching on that subject; vedAMtaSAstra , nyAyaSAstra, tarkaSAstra, alaMkAraSAstra &c. 5 What is learnt, knowledge; Śi. 5. 47. 6 A work, treatise; taMtrEH paMcaBiretaccakAra sumanoharaM SAstraM Pt. 1. 7 Theory ( opp. prayoga or practice); imaM mAM ca SAstre prayoge ca vimfSatu M. 1. Comp. — atikramaH, -ananuzWAnaM ( pb ) violation of sacred precepts, disregard of religious authority. — anuzWAnaM — anusAraH conformity to or observance of sacred precepts. — aBijYa a. versed in the Śāstras. — arTaH 1 the meaning of a sacred precept. 2 a scriptural precept or statement. — AcaraRaM 1 observance of sacred precepts. 2 the study of Śāstras. — (RaH) 1 one versed in scriptures. 2 a student of the Vedas. — ukta a. prescribed by sacred laws, enjoined by the Śāstras, lawful, legal. — kAraH -kfta m. 1 the author of a Śāstra or sacred book. 2 an author in general. 3 a sage, saint. — kovid a. versed in the Śāstras. — gaMqaH a superficial reader of books, superficial scholar. — cakzus n. grammar (as being the 'eye', as it were, with which to understand any Śāstra). — cAraRaH one who deserves sacred precepts. — jYa, -vid a. 1 well versed in the Śāstras. 2 a mere theorist. — jYAnaM knowledge of sacred books, conversancy with scriptures. — tattvaM truth as taught in the Śāstras, scriptural truth. °jYaH an astronomer. — darSin a. stated or enjoined in sacred books. — dfzwriH f. scriptural point of view. — prasaMgaH 1 the subject of the Śāstras. 2 any discussion on scriptural points. — yoniH the source of the Śāstras. — viDAnaM, -viDiH a sacred precept, scriptural injunction. — vipratipeDaH, -viroDaH 1 mutual contradiction of sacred precepts, inconsistency of precepts. 2 any act contrary to sacred precepts. — vimuKa a. averse from study; Pt. 1. — virudDa a. contrary to the Śāstras, illegal, unlawful. — vyutpattiH f. intimate knowledge of the sacred writings, proficiency in the Śāstras. — Silpin m. the country of Kāshmīra. — sidDa a. established by sacred authority.