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shastra

/shahs-truh/US // ˈʃɑs trə //UK // (ˈʃɑːstrə) //

真真切切,真经,真真经,真真教义

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : any of the sacred books of Hinduism.

Examples

  • To his translations, and his connection with the Kama Shastra Society, we shall refer later.

  • To the Kama Shastra edition of 1886 we have already referred, and we shall deal fully with the whole subject in a later chapter.

  • A shaster or shastra, from the Sanskrit root ças, to govern, relates to discipline.

  • After long study they returned, bringing the Chinese translation of this shastra into Japan.

  • This shastra was the work of a Hindu whose name means Lion-armor, and who lived about nine centuries after Gautama.