shastri

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noun

Someone who teaches the shastras.

“Lal Bahadur Shastri”

OriginHindi शास्त्री →
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Meanings

shastri1

nounshastri (plural shastris)

plural shastris

  1. IndiaSomeone who teaches the shastras.

    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

Shastri2

proper nounShastri (plural Shastris)

plural Shastris · alternative Shastry · alternative Sastry

  1. A surname from Sanskrit.

    Lal Bahadur Shastri

Origin

shastri · noun

  1. Hindiशास्त्री
  2. Englishshastri

From Hindi शास्त्री (śāstrī).

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Shastri · proper noun

  1. Hindiशास्त्री“scholar”
  2. EnglishShastri

Borrowed from Hindi शास्त्री (śāstrī, “scholar”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

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