The Sanskrit term Śastraka can be transliterated into English as Sastraka or Shastraka, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

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Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Böhtlingk and Roth Grosses Petersburger Wörterbuch

Śastraka (शस्त्रक):—1. am Ende eines adj. comp. = 1. śastra [Scholiast] zu [Kātyāyana’s Śrautasūtrāṇi 9, 14, 8.]

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Śastraka (शस्त्रक):—2. (von 2. śastra)

1) n. a) Messer [Vyutpatti oder Mahāvyutpatti 208.] — b) Eisen [Amarakoṣa 2, 9, 98]; vgl. śastaka 2). —

2) f. śastrikā Dolch, Messer [Hemacandra’s Abhidhānacintāmaṇi 774.] [Halāyudha 2, 318.] [Daśakumāracarita 164, 14.] kaṇṭhanyastaśastrika adj. [75, 17.] alakṣyaśastrika adj. [94, 11.]

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Starts with: Shaastrakaar, Shastrakadambaka, Shastrakakosha, Shastrakali, Shastrakantaraka, Shastrakantari, Shastrakara, Shastrakarma, Shastrakarmakrit, Shastrakarman, Shastrakarmavidhi, Shastrakaushala.

Ends with: Arthashastraka.

Full-text: Shastaka, Shastrika.

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