Hastapratishastra, Hastapratiśāstra, Hastapratiśastra, Hasta-prati-shastra, Hasta-prati-śastra: 1 definition
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Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusHastapratiśāstra (ಹಸ್ತಪ್ರತಿಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ):—[noun] the science of studying the manuscripts of old literary works, deciphering them, arriving at a reading which might be nearest to the authoṛs original work (where it is to be decided by different copies of the original with differing texts) editing and making fair copies of the same for purpose of publishing.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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