| Word | Sanskrit | IAST | In General | Veda | Purana | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astra | अस्त्र | astra | Astra is meant for arrow. The great epics and Purana sometimes consider astra not just a simple... | Some of the astras said in Purana and Itihasa are mentioned below. 1. Dandacakra... | Read More | |
| Agneyastra | आग्नेयास्त्र | āgneyāstra | Agneyastra is the fire weapon, incepted by God Agni. | Read More | ||
| Alankarasastra | अलङ्कारशस्त्र | alaṅkāraśastra | Alankarasastra is the sanskrit poetics based on Bharatamuni's Natyasastra | Read More | ||
| Astra | अस्त्र | astra | Astra is meant for arrow. The great epics and Purana sometimes consider astra not just a simple... | Some of the astras said in Purana and Itihasa are mentioned below. 1. Dandacakra... | Read More | |
| Brahmasirastra | The greatest and all destroying missile in epic Mahabhara. It is equivalent to the... | When once Drona and his disciples were bathing in the river Ganga, a whale caught hold of... | Read More | |||
| Chandahsastra | छन्दःसूत्र | chandaḥśāstra | Studies in prosody (Chandas) by Pingala. The text also contain lessons on mathematics. | Read More | ||
| Dharmashastras | Dharmashastras are law codes that provide guidelines for ethical and moral conduct,... | Read More | ||||
| Dhrtarastra | धृतराष्ट्र | dhṛtarāṣṭra | Elder son of Vichitravirya and Ambika. He was famous in Mahabarata as a blind king in an... | Dhratarashtra was actually not a biological son of his father. His father, Vichitravira... | 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 | ||
| Pasupatastra | पाशुपतास्त्र | pāśupatāstra | During the exile life Arjuna did tapas of four year in Himalaya Mountain to please Lord... | Read More |