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See also: Shastri
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
shastri (plural shastris)
- (India) Someone who teaches the shastras.
- 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 16:
- Sanskrit was for him the language of the shastris, who, despite their learning, were poor and dependent.
- 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 16: