# शस्त्र
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शस्त्र (śastra).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʃəs.t̪ɾᵊ/, [ʃɐs.t̪ɾᵊ]

### Noun

शस्त्र • (śastra) m (Urdu spelling شستر)
* weapon, sword, dagger; any handheld instrument used for cutting, wounding, or self-defense
    Synonym: हथियार (hathiyār)
    तलवार, छुरी, गदा इत्यादि को शस्त्र कहते हैं।talvār, churī, gadā ityādi ko śastra kahte ha͠i.Swords, knives and clubs are examples of weapons.

#### See also

* अस्त्र (astr)

#### References

* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “शस्त्र”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शस्त्र (śastra).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɕəs.t̪ɾə/

### Noun

शस्त्र • (śastra) n
* weapon
    Synonym: हत्यार (hatyār)

#### Derived terms

* शस्त्रक्रिया (śastrakriyā, “surgery”)
* शस्त्रास्त्र (śastrāstra)

### References

* Berntsen, Maxine (1982–1983) “शस्त्र”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies
* Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “शस्त्र”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
* Shridhar Ganesh Vaze (1911) “शस्त्र”, in The Aryabhusan School Dictionary, Poona: Arya-Bhushan Press
* दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “शस्त्र”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* শস্ত্ৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬰᬲ᭄ᬢ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
* শস্ত্র (Bengali script)
* 𑰫𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀰𑀲𑁆𑀢𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* ၐသ္တြ (Burmese script)
* શસ્ત્ર (Gujarati script)
* ਸ਼ਸ੍ਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌶𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦯꦱ꧀ꦠꦿ (Javanese script)
* 𑂬𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ಶಸ್ತ್ರ (Kannada script)
* ឝស្ត្រ (Khmer script)
* ຨສ຺ຕ຺ຣ (Lao script)
* ശസ്ത്ര (Malayalam script)
* ᡧᠠᠰ᠌ᢠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘫𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᠱᠠᠰᢐᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧋𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐱𑐳𑑂𑐟𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
* ଶସ୍ତ୍ର (Odia script)
* ꢯꢱ꣄ꢡ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆯𑆱𑇀𑆠𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖫𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
* ශස‍්ත්‍ර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩿𑪁 𑪙𑩫 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚧𑚨𑚶𑚙𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
* ஶஸ்த்ர (Tamil script)
* శస్త్ర (Telugu script)
* ศสฺตฺร (Thai script)
* ཤ་སྟྲ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒬𑒮𑓂𑒞𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨮𑨰𑩇𑨙𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɕɐs.tɾɐ́/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɕɐs̪.t̪ɾɐ/

### Etymology 1

From शंस् (śaṃs) +‎ -त्र (-tra).

#### Noun

शस्त्र • (śastrá) stem, n
* invocation, praise (applied to any hymn recited either audibly or inaudibly, as opposed to स्तोम (stoma), which is sung, but especially the verses recited by the hotṛ and his assistant as an accompaniment to the grahas at the soma libation)
* reciting, recitation

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćastrám, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱes-tróm, from *ḱes- (“to cut”). Compare Latin castrō (“I prune”) (whence English castrate), Albanian thadër (“adze”).

#### Noun

शस्त्र • (śastrá) stem, m
* sword

##### Descendants

* → Hindi: शस्त्र (śastra) (learned)
* → Odia: ଶସ୍ତ୍ର (śastra) (learned)
* → Old Javanese: śastra
** → Balinese: ᬲᬵᬲ᭄ᬢ᭄ᬭ (sastra, “arrow”)
* →⇒ Telugu: శస్త్రము (śastramu)
* →⇒ Punjabi: ਸ਼ਸਤਰ (śastar)

#### Noun

शस्त्र • (śastrá) stem, n
* an instrument for cutting or wounding, knife, sword, dagger, any weapon (even applied to an arrow Bhat2t2.; weapons are said to be of four kinds, पाणिमुक्त (pāṇi-mukta), यन्त्रमुक्त (yantra-mukta), मुक्तामुक्त (muktā*mukta), and अमुक्त (amukta))
* any instrument or tool
* iron, steel

##### Declension
### References

* Monier Williams (1899) “शस्त्र”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 1044.
* ↑ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006) The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 245