Shastra

== English == === Etymology === From Sanskrit शास्त्र (śāstra, “precept, rule, book or treatise”). === Noun === Shastra (plural Shastras) A treatise for authoritative instruction in Hinduism, especially one explaining the Vedas. ==== Usage notes ==== Often used in combination (in the names of particular examples). (The Sanskrit term is generally used as a suffix, roughly equivalent to -logy.) ==== Alternative forms ==== Sastra, Shastah, Shaster, Shastrah === See also === Shastri