# Shastra

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A treatise for authoritative instruction in Hinduism, especially one explaining the Vedas.

## Etymology
From Sanskrit शास्त्र (śāstra, “precept, rule, book or treatise”).

## Source
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