SASTRA

Meaning of SASTRA in English

(n.) Same as Shaster.

Webster's English dictionary. Английский словарь Webster. 2012

SASTRA — Usage: often capitalized variant of shastra
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SASTRA — ( n. ) Same as Shaster.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SASTRA — n. (Buddhism) Shastra, sacred analytical Hindu text
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SASTRA — noun ·same·as shaster.
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SATYASIDDHI-SASTRA — (Sanskrit: True Attainment Treatise), treatise in 202 chapters on the doctrine of the void (sunya). The work stands as a …
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NATYA-SASTRA — in full Bharata Natya-sastra, detailed treatise and handbook on dramatic art that deals with all aspects of the classical Sanskrit …
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MAHAYANA-SRADDHOTPADA-SASTRA — (Sanskrit: Treatise on the Awakening of Faith in the Mahayana), relatively brief but influential exposition of the fundamentals of Mahayana …
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ARTHA-SASTRA — (Sanskrit: Handbook of [the King's] Profit), singularly important Indian manual on the art of politics, attributed to Kautilya (also known …
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SHASTRA — noun or sas·tra ˈshästrə ( -s ) Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Sanskrit śāstra, literally, instruction, from śāsti he punishes, instructs; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DHARMASHASTRA — -ˈshästrə noun or dhar·ma·sas·tra -ˈsästrə ( -s ) Etymology: Sanskrit dharmaśāstra, from dharma + śāstra shastra — more at shastra …
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SHASTRA — — shastrik, shastraik /shah stray"ik/ , adj. /shahs"treuh/ , n. any of the sacred books of Hinduism. [ 1620-30; sastra …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SHASTRA — [ 'ʃα:strə ] ■ noun (in Hinduism and some forms of Buddhism) a work of sacred scripture. Origin from Sanskrit …
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ORISSI — one of the principal classical dance styles of India; others include bharata-natya, kuchipudi, kathak, kathakali, and manipuri. It is indigenous …
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JATI — also spelled Jat, caste, in Hindu society. The term is derived from the Sanskrit jata, born or brought into existence, …
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DHARMASHASTRA — also spelled Dharmasastra, Sanskrit Dharma-sastra (righteousness science), ancient Indian body of jurisprudence that is still fundamentally the family law of …
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BHARATA-NATYA — ((Sanskrit: Bharata's dancing),) the principal of the main classical dance styles of India, the others being kuchipudi, kathak, kathakali, manipuri, …
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YOGACARA — ( (Sanskrit: Practice of Yoga ), ) also called Vijanavada (Doctrine of Consciousness), an important idealistic school of Mahayana Buddhism. …
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WARERU — also called Mogado, or Chao Fa Rua flourished 1300 famous king of Hanthawaddy (Hansavadi, or Pegu), who ruled (1287-96) over …
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SOUTH ASIAN ARTS — the literary, performing, and visual arts of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Despite a history of ethnic, linguistic, and …
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NORTH INDIAN TEMPLE ARCHITECTURE — style of architecture produced throughout northern India and as far south as Bijapur district, characterized by its distinctive sikhara, a …
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NAGARJUNA — born AD 150 died c. 250 Indian Buddhist monk-philosopher and founder of the Madhyamika (Middle Path) school whose clarification of …
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MAURYAN EMPIRE — (c. 321185 BC), in ancient India, a state centred at Pataliputra (later Patna) near the junction of the Son and …
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MADHYAMIKA — (Sanskrit: Intermediate), important school in the Mahayana (Great Vehicle) Buddhist tradition. Its name derives from its having sought a middle …
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KASHMIR SAIVISM — also called Pratyabhija (Sanskrit: Recognition), an important religio-philosophical system of India that worships Lord Siva as the supreme reality. The …
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JOJITSU — Chinese Ch'eng-shih, minor school of Buddhist philosophy introduced into Japan from China during the Nara period (710784). The school holds …
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CARVAKA — also called Lokayata (Sanskrit: Worldly Ones) a quasi-philosophical Indian school of materialists who rejected the notion of an afterworld, the …
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ASVAGHOSA — born AD 80, ?, Ayodhya, India died 150?, Peshawar also spelled Ashvaghosa philosopher and poet who is considered India's greatest …
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ABHIDHARMAKOSA — also called Abhidharmakosa-sastra (Sanskrit: "Treasury of Higher Law"), Chinese A-p'i-ta-mo Ch-she Lun, Japanese Abidatsuma-kusha-ron, encyclopaedic compendium of Abhidharma (scholasticism), the …
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SHASTRA — n. Hindu sacred writings. [Hindi sastr, Skr. sastra]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SHASTRA — n. Hindu sacred writings. [ Hindi sastr, Skr. sastra ]
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