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Shastra

Śāstra (Sanskrit: शास्त्र, romanized: Śāstra .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}pronounced ) is a Sanskrit word that means "precept, rules, manual, compendium, book or treatise" in a general…

Sutra, Etymology & Chronology and authenticity

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Sutra

AphorismsPatanjaliYogasutrasHemachandraSvetambara Jain
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Etymology

VedicHinduismYogaNyāyaDharma
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Chronology and authenticity

Patrick OlivellePostmodernManusmritiVulgateDoniger
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References in the early texts

RigvedaCharvakasMaitri UpanishadBhagavad GitaYaska
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Etymology

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Sutra

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Shastra

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Shastra

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related to Sutra · 21
Shastra → An, BCE, Bhasyas, Hemachandra's Yogasastra, Hindu, In, In Sanskrit, India, Indian, Itihasa, Other, Patanjali's Yogasutras, Puranas, Shastras, Subhashitas, Sutra, Sutras, Svetambara Jain, Upanishads, Vedangas
related to Chronology and authenticity · 10
Shastra → BCE, However, Law, Manu Dharma-sastra, Manu's Code, Oxford University Press, Patrick Olivelle, Shastras, The, Vedic
see also · 5
Shastra → ArthashastraMahayana, Kama Shastra, ShastraShilpa Shastras, Vaimānika ShāstraDharmaśāstraKamashastra, Yoga VasisthaMokshopaya

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śāstra term literature shastras knowledge sanskrit treatise sutra text word indian example found bce means early authenticity called millennium sutras

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in verses 15.20instance ofThe term is found in other Upanishads as well as in Bhagavad Gita0.80text
16.23instance ofThe term is found in other Upanishads as well as in Bhagavad Gita0.80text
Arthashastrainstance ofThe literature of late 1st millennium BCE0.80text
and Shastras of various fields of knowledge from the early 1st millennium period is of great interest as it helped the emergence of diverse schoolsinstance ofThe literature of late 1st millennium BCE0.80text
the spread of Indian religions such as Hinduisminstance ofThe literature of late 1st millennium BCE0.80text
Buddhism ininstance ofThe literature of late 1st millennium BCE0.80text
outside South Asia.The shastras are both descriptiveinstance ofThe literature of late 1st millennium BCE0.80text
prescriptiveinstance ofThe literature of late 1st millennium BCE0.80text
Shastrarelated to Chronology and authenticityShastras0.60section
Shastrarelated to Chronology and authenticityVedic0.60section
Shastrarelated to Chronology and authenticityBCE0.60section
Shastrarelated to Chronology and authenticityHowever0.60section

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