The Sanskrit terms Śastravārtta and Śāstravārttā can be transliterated into English as Sastravartta or Shastravartta, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: archive.org: Vagbhata’s Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita (first 5 chapters)

Śāstravārttā (शास्त्रवार्त्ता) refers to “talk on religious scientific works”.—Cf. Goṣṭhīkathā mentioned in verse 3.25 of the Aṣṭāṅgahṛdayasaṃhitā (Sūtrasthāna) by Vāgbhaṭa.—[...] Regarding goṣṭhīkathā the commentators are at variance among themselves: Aruṇadatta understands it as “conversation (accompanied) with amusement”—(goṣṭhyām krīḍāyāṃ kathāḥ); Candranandana as “entertainment with song, tabor, etc.”—(goṣṭhyo gāndharvamṛdaṅgādibhiḥ) and “conversation on poetry” (kāvyakathāḥ); Hemādri as “talk on wordly matters” (lokavārttāḥ) and “talk on religious [scientific] works” (śāstravārttāḥ); and Indu as “conversation held in the company of witty people”—(vidaghdhānām āsanabandho goṣṭhī tasyāṃ kṛtāḥ kathāḥ). The Tibetan comes closest to this last interpretation, translating dga-’dun gtam (“conversation held in pleasant company”).

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

In Jainism

Jain philosophy

Source: International Journal of Jaina Studies: Haribhadra Sūri on Nyāya and Sāṃkhya

Śāstravārttā (शास्त्रवार्त्ता) (or Śāstravārtā) refers to “doctrinal expositions”.—The Śāstravārtāsamuccaya by Haribhadra Sūri’s is not a compendium of philosophical systems (darśana) but a comprehensive account (samuccaya) of doctrinal (śāstra) expositions (vārtā/vārttā) or simply doctrines (vāda).

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

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

Śastravārtta (शस्त्रवार्त्त):—[=śastra-vārtta] [from śastra > śas] mfn. = -jīvin, [Varāha-mihira’s Bṛhat-saṃhitā]

[Sanskrit to German]

Shastravartta 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.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Partial matches: Shastra, Vartta.

Full-text: Shastravarta, Kavyakatha, Dga-\'dun gtam, Lokavarta, Lokavartta, Goshthikatha.

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