शास्त्र

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Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शास्त्र (śāstra).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʃɑːs.t̪ɾᵊ/,

Noun

शास्त्र (śāstram (Urdu spelling شاستر)

  1. study; science
  2. code, rule
  3. (religion) sacred text, scripture
    Synonym: धर्मशास्त्र (dharmaśāstra)
    हिंदू शास्त्रों में लिखा है कि आतमा सारे जीवों में होती है।
    hindū śāstrõ mẽ likhā hai ki ātmā sāre jīvõ mẽ hotī hai.
    In the Hindu scriptures it is written that all living things have atman.

Declension

See also

Marathi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शास्त्र (śāstra).

Pronunciation

Noun

शास्त्र (śāstran

  1. study; science
  2. code, rule
  3. (religion) sacred text, scripture

Declension

Declension of शास्त्र (neut cons-stem)
direct
singular
शास्त्र
śāstra
direct
plural
शास्त्रे, शास्त्रं
śāstre, śāstra
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
nominative
प्रथमा
शास्त्र
śāstra
शास्त्रे, शास्त्रं
śāstre, śāstra
oblique
सामान्यरूप
शास्त्रा
śāstrā
शास्त्रां-
śāstrān-
acc. / dative
द्वितीया / चतुर्थी
शास्त्राला
śāstrālā
शास्त्रांना
śāstrānnā
ergative शास्त्राने, शास्त्रानं
śāstrāne, śāstrāna
शास्त्रांनी
śāstrānnī
instrumental शास्त्राशी
śāstrāśī
शास्त्रांशी
śāstrānśī
locative
सप्तमी
शास्त्रात
śāstrāt
शास्त्रांत
śāstrāt
vocative
संबोधन
शास्त्रा
śāstrā
शास्त्रांनो
śāstrānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions.
There is no space between the stem and the postposition.
Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.
Genitive declension of शास्त्र (neut cons-stem)
masculine object
पुल्लिंगी कर्म
feminine object
स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म
neuter object
नपुसकलिंगी कर्म
oblique
सामान्यरूप
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular*
एकवचन
plural
अनेकवचन
singular subject
एकवचनी कर्ता
शास्त्राचा
śāstrāċā
शास्त्राचे
śāstrāċe
शास्त्राची
śāstrācī
शास्त्राच्या
śāstrācā
शास्त्राचे, शास्त्राचं
śāstrāċe, śāstrāċa
शास्त्राची
śāstrācī
शास्त्राच्या
śāstrācā
plural subject
अनेकवचनी कर्ता
शास्त्रांचा
śāstrānċā
शास्त्रांचे
śāstrānċe
शास्त्रांची
śāstrāñcī
शास्त्रांच्या
śāstrāncā
शास्त्रांचे, शास्त्रांचं
śāstrānċe, śāstrānċa
शास्त्रांची
śāstrāñcī
शास्त्रांच्या
śāstrāñcā
* Note: Word-final (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as (a).
Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

Nepali

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शास्त्र (śāstra).

Pronunciation

Noun

शास्त्र (śāstra)

  1. field of study; discipline
  2. religious laws or precepts

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śaHstram, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćaHstram, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₁s-trom. The Sanskrit root is शास् (śās).

Pronunciation

Noun

शास्त्र (śāstrá) stemn

  1. order, command
  2. precept, rule
  3. teaching, instruction
  4. advice, good counsel
  5. any instrument of teaching, manual or compendium of rules
  6. any book or treatise, especially religious or scientific
  7. shastra, scripture
  8. science, knowledge

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of शास्त्र (śāstra)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative शास्त्रम्
śāstram
शास्त्रे
śāstre
शास्त्राणि / शास्त्रा¹
śāstrāṇi / śāstrā¹
Vocative शास्त्र
śāstra
शास्त्रे
śāstre
शास्त्राणि / शास्त्रा¹
śāstrāṇi / śāstrā¹
Accusative शास्त्रम्
śāstram
शास्त्रे
śāstre
शास्त्राणि / शास्त्रा¹
śāstrāṇi / śāstrā¹
Instrumental शास्त्रेण
śāstreṇa
शास्त्राभ्याम्
śāstrābhyām
शास्त्रैः / शास्त्रेभिः¹
śāstraiḥ / śāstrebhiḥ¹
Dative शास्त्राय
śāstrāya
शास्त्राभ्याम्
śāstrābhyām
शास्त्रेभ्यः
śāstrebhyaḥ
Ablative शास्त्रात्
śāstrāt
शास्त्राभ्याम्
śāstrābhyām
शास्त्रेभ्यः
śāstrebhyaḥ
Genitive शास्त्रस्य
śāstrasya
शास्त्रयोः
śāstrayoḥ
शास्त्राणाम्
śāstrāṇām
Locative शास्त्रे
śāstre
शास्त्रयोः
śāstrayoḥ
शास्त्रेषु
śāstreṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “शास्त्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1069/1.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 632