Sashastra, Saśastra, Sa-shastra: 3 definitions

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Sashastra means something in Hinduism, Sanskrit, Hindi. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

The Sanskrit term Saśastra can be transliterated into English as Sasastra or Sashastra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Sanskrit dictionary

[«previous next»] — Sashastra in Sanskrit glossary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Saśastra (सशस्त्र):—[=sa-śastra] [from sa > sa-śakala] a mf(ā)n. having or containing an invocation (See p. 1044, col. 1), [Mārkaṇḍeya-purāṇa]

2) [=sa-śastra] [from sa > sa-śakala] b mfn. having arms, armed, [Veṇīs.]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Hindi dictionary

[«previous next»] — Sashastra in Hindi glossary
Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Saśastra (सशस्त्र):—(a) armed, equipped with arms; —[pulisa] armed police; —[senā] armed force; —[sainika] armed troops; —[hastajhepa] armed intervention.

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Nepali dictionary

[«previous next»] — Sashastra in Nepali glossary
Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Saśastra (सशस्त्र):—adj. armed; equipped with arms;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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