शास्तृ
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- শাস্তৃ (Assamese script)
- ᬰᬵᬲ᭄ᬢᬺ (Balinese script)
- শাস্তৃ (Bengali script)
- 𑰫𑰯𑰭𑰿𑰝𑰴 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀰𑀸𑀲𑁆𑀢𑀾 (Brahmi script)
- ၐာသ္တၖ (Burmese script)
- શાસ્તૃ (Gujarati script)
- ਸ਼ਾਸ੍ਤ੍ਰ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌶𑌾𑌸𑍍𑌤𑍃 (Grantha script)
- ꦯꦴꦱ꧀ꦠꦽ (Javanese script)
- 𑂬𑂰𑂮𑂹𑂞𑃂 (Kaithi script)
- ಶಾಸ್ತೃ (Kannada script)
- ឝាស្ត្ឫ (Khmer script)
- ຨາສ຺ຕ຺ຣິ (Lao script)
- ശാസ്തൃ (Malayalam script)
- ᡧᠠ᠊ᠠᠰ᠌ᢠᡵᡳ (Manchu script)
- 𑘫𑘰𑘭𑘿𑘝𑘵 (Modi script)
- ᠱᠠᢗᠰᢐᠷᠢ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧋𑧑𑧍𑧠𑦽𑧖 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐱𑐵𑐳𑑂𑐟𑐺 (Newa script)
- ଶାସ୍ତୃ (Odia script)
- ꢯꢵꢱ꣄ꢡꢺ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆯𑆳𑆱𑇀𑆠𑆸 (Sharada script)
- 𑖫𑖯𑖭𑖿𑖝𑖴 (Siddham script)
- ශාස්තෘ (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩿𑩛𑪁 𑪙𑩫𑩙 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚧𑚭𑚨𑚶𑚙 (Takri script)
- ஶாஸ்த்ரி (Tamil script)
- శాస్తృ (Telugu script)
- ศาสฺตฺฤ (Thai script)
- ཤཱ་སྟྲྀ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒬𑒰𑒮𑓂𑒞𑒵 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨮𑨊𑨰𑩇𑨙𑨼𑨉 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćáHstā (“commander, ruler; teacher”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéh₁s-tōr, from *ḱeh₁s- (“to command, rule, instruct, teach”). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬁𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭 (sāstar, “commander, ruler; evil ruler, tyrant”), 𐬟𐬭𐬀𐬯𐬁𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬭 (frasāstar, “commander”).
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /ɕɑːs.tŕ̩/
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /ɕɑːs̪.t̪r̩/
Noun
शास्तृ • (śāstṛ́) stem, m
- a ruler, commander
- c. 1200 BCE – 800 BCE, Kṛṣṇa-Yajurveda (Taittirīya Saṃhitā) V.7.4:
- अयꣳ शास्ताधिपतिर् वो अस्तु ।
अस्य विज्ञानम् अनु सꣳ रभध्वम् इमम् पश्चाद् अनु जीवाथ सर्वे ॥- ayaṃ śāstādhipatir vo astu.
asya vijñānam anu saṃ rabhadhvam imam paścād anu jīvātha sarve. - May he be your ruler, your overlord;
On his discernment do ye depend; upon him henceforth do ye all serve.
- ayaṃ śāstādhipatir vo astu.
- अयꣳ शास्ताधिपतिर् वो अस्तु ।
- a teacher, instructor
- a punisher, chastiser
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | शास्ता (śāstā́) | शास्तारौ (śāstā́rau) शास्तारा¹ (śāstā́rā¹) |
शास्तारः (śāstā́raḥ) |
| accusative | शास्तारम् (śāstā́ram) | शास्तारौ (śāstā́rau) शास्तारा¹ (śāstā́rā¹) |
शास्तॄन् (śāstṝ́n) |
| instrumental | शास्त्रा (śāstrā́) | शास्तृभ्याम् (śāstṛ́bhyām) | शास्तृभिः (śāstṛ́bhiḥ) |
| dative | शास्त्रे (śāstré) | शास्तृभ्याम् (śāstṛ́bhyām) | शास्तृभ्यः (śāstṛ́bhyaḥ) |
| ablative | शास्तुः (śāstúḥ) | शास्तृभ्याम् (śāstṛ́bhyām) | शास्तृभ्यः (śāstṛ́bhyaḥ) |
| genitive | शास्तुः (śāstúḥ) | शास्त्रोः (śāstróḥ) | शास्तॄणाम् (śāstṝṇā́m) |
| locative | शास्तरि (śāstári) | शास्त्रोः (śāstróḥ) | शास्तृषु (śāstṛ́ṣu) |
| vocative | शास्तः (śā́staḥ) | शास्तारौ (śā́stārau) शास्तारा¹ (śā́stārā¹) |
शास्तारः (śā́stāraḥ) |
- ¹Vedic
Related terms
- प्रशास्तृ (praśāstṛ́)
Descendants
- Pali: satthar
- → Tamil: சாஸ்தா (cāstā) (learned)
- → Malayalam: ശാസ്താവ് (śāstāvŭ)
References
- Monier Williams (1899) “शास्तृ”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 12069.