Sastra
शास्त्र
śāstra
The word sastra comes from the Sanskrit verbal root śās, which means "to govern, command". So any systematic study is called a sastra in Indian contest. It will be wrong to translate science as sastra.
To science, experiment, observation, mathematical proof define the truth. In addition to these, the ancient Indian considered mahad vachana, or the words of the great people also as a proof to identify the truth. This has made the difference in the meaning of sastra. Sastra is not an exact translation for Science.
| Word | Sanskrit | IAST | In General | Veda | Purana | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alankarasastra | अलङ्कारशस्त्र | alaṅkāraśastra | Alankarasastra is the sanskrit poetics based on Bharatamuni's Natyasastra | Read More | ||
| Chandahsastra | छन्दःसूत्र | chandaḥśāstra | Studies in prosody (Chandas) by Pingala. The text also contain lessons on mathematics. | Read More | ||
| Natyasastra | नाट्य शास्त् | nāṭyaśāstra | Natyasastra is the manual of Indian Art and aesthetics authored by Bharatamuni. Natyasastra... | Read More | ||
| Nimittasastra | निमित्तशास्त्र | nimittaśāstra | Nimittasastra is the predictions by omens and is a division of Jyotisasastra. It was by... | Read More | ||
| Pramanasastra | प्रमाणशास्त्र | pramāṇaśāstra | The infallible knowledge which is to be followed always without any omission is called... | Read More | ||
| Rasayana Sastra | रसायनशास्त्र | rasāyanaśāstra | Chemistry | Read More | ||
| Supa Sastra | The book Supa Sastra deals with functions of Plants and grains etc. It also mention about 3032... | Read More | ||||
| Vaimanika Sastra | वैमानिक शास्त्र | vaimānika śāstra | The science of Aircraft and its flying by Maharshi Bhardwaaja. The original text is not... | Read More | ||
| Vastu Sastras | वास्तु शास्त्र | vāstu śāstra | Vastu Sastra is the science of dwelling. Many Agama and Purana have contents of Vastu. There are... | Read More |