Shastratattvajna, Śāstratattvajña: 4 definitions

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The Sanskrit term Śāstratattvajña can be transliterated into English as Sastratattvajna or Shastratattvajna, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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

Śāstratattvajña (शास्त्रतत्त्वज्ञ).—mfn.

(-jñaḥ-jñā-jñaṃ) Understanding the works of sacred science. m.

(-jñaḥ) An astrologer, an astronomer. E. śāstra sacred or astronomical science, tattva the truth, and jña who knows.

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

1) Śāstratattvajña (शास्त्रतत्त्वज्ञ):—[=śāstra-tattva-jña] [from śāstra-tattva > śāstra > śās] mfn. knowing thoroughly a Ś°, understanding the truth of the Śāstras, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

2) [v.s. ...] m. an astrologer, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

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

Śāstratattvajña (शास्त्रतत्त्वज्ञ):—[śāstratattva-jña] (jñaḥ-jñā-jñaṃ) a. Knowing the shāstras. m. An astrologer.

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Shastratattvajna 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.

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