# शास्त्र
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शास्त्र (śāstra).

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ʃɑːs.t̪ɾᵊ/, [ʃäːs.t̪ɾᵊ]

### Noun

शास्त्र • (śāstra) m (Urdu spelling شاستر)
* study; science
* code, rule
* (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

* विज्ञान (vijñān)

## Marathi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शास्त्र (śāstra).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɕas.t̪ɾə/

### Noun

शास्त्र • (śāstra) n
* study; science
* code, rule
* (religion) sacred text, scripture

#### Derived terms

* जीवशास्त्र (jīvśāstra, “biology”)
* भाषाशास्त्र (bhāṣāśāstra, “linguistics”)
* भौतिकशास्त्र (bhautikśāstra, “physics”)
* रसायनशास्त्र (rasāyanśāstra, “chemistry”)
* शास्त्रज्ञ (śāstrajña, “scientist”)
* शास्त्रीय (śāstrīya, “classical”)

## Nepali
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शास्त्र (śāstra).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [säst̪rʌ]
* Phonetic Devanagari: सास्त्र

### Noun

शास्त्र • (śāstra)
* field of study; discipline
* religious laws or precepts

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* শাস্ত্ৰ (Assamese script)
* ᬰᬵᬲ᭄ᬢ᭄ᬭ (Balinese script)
* শাস্ত্র (Bengali script)
* 𑰫𑰯𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰿𑰨 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀰𑀸𑀲𑁆𑀢𑁆𑀭 (Brahmi script)
* ၐာသ္တြ (Burmese script)
* શાસ્ત્ર (Gujarati script)
* ਸ਼ਾਸ੍ਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌶𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍍𑌰 (Grantha script)
* ꦯꦴꦱ꧀ꦠꦿ (Javanese script)
* 𑂬𑂰𑂮𑂹𑂞𑂹𑂩 (Kaithi script)
* ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ (Kannada script)
* ឝាស្ត្រ (Khmer script)
* ຨາສ຺ຕ຺ຣ (Lao script)
* ശാസ്ത്ര (Malayalam script)
* ᡧᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᢠᡵᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘫𑘰𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘿𑘨 (Modi script)
* ᠱᠠᢗᠰᢐᠷᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧋𑧑𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧠𑧈 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐱𑐵𑐳𑑂𑐟𑑂𑐬 (Newa script)
* ଶାସ୍ତ୍ର (Odia script)
* ꢯꢵꢱ꣄ꢡ꣄ꢬ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆯𑆳𑆱𑇀𑆠𑇀𑆫 (Sharada script)
* 𑖫𑖯𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖿𑖨 (Siddham script)
* ශාස‍්ත්‍ර (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩿𑩛𑪁 𑪙𑩫 𑪙𑩼 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚧𑚭𑚨𑚶𑚙𑚶𑚤 (Takri script)
* ஶாஸ்த்ர (Tamil script)
* శాస్త్ర (Telugu script)
* ศาสฺตฺร (Thai script)
* ཤཱ་སྟྲ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒬𑒰𑒮𑓂𑒞𑓂𑒩 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨮𑨊𑨰𑩇𑨙𑩇𑨫 (Zanabazar Square script)

### 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

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɕɑːs.tɾɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɕɑːs̪.t̪ɾɐ/

### Noun

शास्त्र • (śāstrá) stem, n
* order, command
* precept, rule
* teaching, instruction
* advice, good counsel
* any instrument of teaching, manual or compendium of rules
* any book or treatise, especially religious or scientific
* shastra, scripture
* science, knowledge

#### Derived terms

* शास्त्रिन् (śāstrin, “learned”)

#### Descendants

* Pali: sattha
** → Lao: ສາດ (sāt)
* → Hindi: शास्त्र (śāstra)
* → Khmer: សាស្ត្រ (saah)
* → Malay: sastera
** Indonesian: sastra
* → Malayalam: ശാസ്ത്രം (śāstraṁ), ചാത്തിരം (cāttiraṁ) — tadbhava
* → Marathi: शास्त्र (śāstra)
* → Nepali: शास्त्र (śāstra)
* → Old Javanese: śāstra
** Javanese: ꦱꦱ꧀ꦠꦿ (sastra)
** → Balinese: ᬰᬵᬲ᭄ᬢ᭄ᬭ (sastra)
* → Tamil: சாஸ்திரம் (cāstiram)
* → Telugu: శాస్త్రము (śāstramu)
* → Thai: ศาสตร์ (sàat), ศาสตร
* → Tocharian B: śāstär

### 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 [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 632