The Sanskrit term Śabdaśāstra can be transliterated into English as Sabdasastra or Shabdashastra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Vyakarana (Sanskrit grammar)

Source: Wikisource: A dictionary of Sanskrit grammar

Śabdaśāstra (शब्दशास्त्र).—The sciene of words.The term is generally applied to grammar, although strictly speaking the Mimamsa Sastra is also a science of words.

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Vyakarana (व्याकरण, vyākaraṇa) refers to Sanskrit grammar and represents one of the six additional sciences (vedanga) to be studied along with the Vedas. Vyakarana concerns itself with the rules of Sanskrit grammar and linguistic analysis in order to establish the correct context of words and sentences.

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Marathi-English dictionary

Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionary

śabdaśāstra (शब्दशास्त्र).—n S The science of words, or any treatise upon this science; philology, grammar, etymology, explication of synonymes, verbal criticism &c.

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Marathi is an Indo-European language having over 70 million native speakers people in (predominantly) Maharashtra India. Marathi, like many other Indo-Aryan languages, evolved from early forms of Prakrit, which itself is a subset of Sanskrit, one of the most ancient languages of the world.

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śabdaśāstra (शब्दशास्त्र).—the science of words; i. e. grammar; अनन्तपारं किल शब्द- शास्त्रम् (anantapāraṃ kila śabda- śāstram) Pañcatantra (Bombay) 1; Śiśupālavadha 2.112;14.24.

Derivable forms: śabdaśāstram (शब्दशास्त्रम्).

Śabdaśāstra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śabda and śāstra (शास्त्र). See also (synonyms): śabdavidyā.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śabdaśāstra (शब्दशास्त्र).—n.

(-straṃ) Philology, grammar, &c. E. śabda, śāstra a science, &c.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śabdaśāstra (शब्दशास्त्र).—n. rules of grammar, [Pañcatantra] 4, 17.

Śabdaśāstra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śabda and śāstra (शास्त्र).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śabdaśāstra (शब्दशास्त्र).—[neuter] = śabdavidyā.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Aufrecht Catalogus Catalogorum

Śabdaśāstra (शब्दशास्त्र) as mentioned in Aufrecht’s Catalogus Catalogorum:—[grammatical] Paris. (Tel. 5). Oppert. 1596.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śabdaśāstra (शब्दशास्त्र):—[=śabda-śāstra] [from śabda > śabd] n. = -śāsana, [Vikramāṅkadeva-carita, by Bilhaṇa] (also Name of a [particular] grammar).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śabdaśāstra (शब्दशास्त्र):—[śabda-śāstra] (straṃ) 1. n. Philology.

[Sanskrit to German]

Shabdashastra in German

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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.

Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Śabdaśāstra (ಶಬ್ದಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ):—[noun] the branch of physics dealing with sound; acostics.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Śabdaśāstra (शब्दशास्त्र):—n. the science of words; a grammar; philology; lexicography;

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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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Partial matches: Shabda, Shastra.

Full-text: Anantapara, Shabdavidya, Vimala.

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