The Sanskrit term Śastrāstra can be transliterated into English as Sastrastra or Shastrastra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: archive.org: Shiva Purana - English Translation

Śastrāstra (शस्त्रास्त्र) refers to “weapons and arrows”, according to the Śivapurāṇa 2.3.44 (“Menā regains consciousness”).—Accordingly, as Menā said to the Sages: “See what I will do to Pārvatī of evil inclination. I will give her deadly poison or I will push her down in a deep well. Or I will cut her into many pieces with weapons and arrows (śastrāstra). Or I will drown my daughter Pārvatī in the deep sea. Or I will certainly cast off my body. But I will never give my daughter to Śiva of hideous form. [...]”.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Śastrāstra (शस्त्रास्त्र).—

1) weapons for striking and throwing, arms and missiles; शस्त्रास्त्रभृत्त्वं क्षत्रस्य (śastrāstrabhṛttvaṃ kṣatrasya) Manusmṛti 1.79.

2) arms or weapons generally.

Derivable forms: śastrāstram (शस्त्रास्त्रम्).

Śastrāstra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms śastra and astra (अस्त्र).

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śastrāstra (शस्त्रास्त्र).—n.

(-straṃ) Use of weapons. E. śastra, astra a weapon, or means of offence or defence.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śastrāstra (शस्त्रास्त्र):—[from śastra > śas] ([in the beginning of a compound]) w° both for striking and throwing

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Śastrāstra (शस्त्रास्त्र):—[śastrā+stra] (straṃ) 1. n. Use of arms.

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

Hindi dictionary

Source: DDSA: A practical Hindi-English dictionary

Śastrāstra (शस्त्रास्त्र):—(nm) arms (both used as missiles and for throwing); —[kī hoḍa] race of arms.

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Nepali dictionary

Source: unoes: Nepali-English Dictionary

Śastrāstra (शस्त्रास्त्र):—n. weapons; arms;

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Nepali is the primary language of the Nepalese people counting almost 20 million native speakers. The country of Nepal is situated in the Himalaya mountain range to the north of India.

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