Yathashastra, Yathāśāstra: 7 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Yathāśāstra can be transliterated into English as Yathasastra or Yathashastra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Marathi-English dictionary
Source: DDSA: The Molesworth Marathi and English Dictionaryyathāśāstra (यथाशास्त्र).—ad (S) Agreeably with a Shastra or the Shastras.
Source: DDSA: The Aryabhusan school dictionary, Marathi-Englishyathāśāstra (यथाशास्त्र).—ad Agreeably with a Shâstra.
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: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryYathāśāstra (यथाशास्त्र).—Adv. n.
(-straṃ) According to the Shastras, agreeably to scripture. E. yathā agreeably to, śāstra the Shastras.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English DictionaryYathāśāstra (यथाशास्त्र).—(°—) & stram [adverb] according to precept or rule.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryYathāśāstra (यथाशास्त्र):—[=yathā-śāstra] [from yathā > ya-tama] [in the beginning of a compound] ([Manu-smṛti; Chāndogya-upaniṣad; Śaṃkarācārya]) ([Atharvaveda-prātiśākhya; Manu-smṛti] etc.) acc° to precept or rule, acc° to the codes of law
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English DictionaryYathāśāstra (यथाशास्त्र):—[yathā-śāstra] (straṃ) adv. Agreeably to scripture, or sacred rules.
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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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Partial matches: Shastra, Yatha, Yata.
Starts with: Yathashastram, Yathashastranusarin.
Full-text: Yathashastram, Ayathashastrakarin, Yathavyadhi, Yatha, Yathashastranusarin, Vadhyavasas, Nitishastra, Anusaraka, Anusarin, Vyavaharin.
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