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): /ˈɕɑːs̪.t̪r̩/

Noun

शास्तृ • (śāstṛ́) stem, m

1. 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.

2. a teacher, instructor
3. a punisher, chastiser

Declension

Masculine ṛ-stem declension of शास्तृ (śāstṛ́)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	शास्ता śāstā́	शास्तारौ / शास्तारा¹ śāstā́rau / śāstā́rā¹	शास्तारः śāstā́raḥ
Vocative	शास्तः śā́staḥ	शास्तारौ / शास्तारा¹ śā́stārau / śā́stārā¹	शास्तारः śā́stāraḥ
Accusative	शास्तारम् śāstā́ram	शास्तारौ / शास्तारा¹ śāstā́rau / 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
Notes	¹Vedic

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.