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shaster
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shaster, n. [Skr. cāstra an order or command, a sacred book, fr. cās to order, instruct, govern. Cf. Sastra.].
A treatise for authoritative instruction among the Hindoos; a book of institutes; especially, a treatise explaining the Vedas. [1913 Webster]
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