शासन [śāsana] a.
Teaching, instructing; इति मे न तु बोधाय कल्पते शासनं वचः
[Bhāg.1.8.5.] Punishing, chastising.-नम् [शास्-ल्युट्]
Instruction, teaching, discipline.
Rule, sway, government; अनन्यशासनामुर्वीम्
[R.1.3;] so अप्रतिशासन.
An order, a command, direction; तरुभिरपि देवस्य शासनं प्रमाणीकृतम्
[Ś.6;] [R.3.69;14.83.] 18.28.
An edict, enactment, a decree.
A precept, rule.
A royal grant (of land &c.), charter; अहं त्वां शासनशतेन योजयिष्यमि
[Pt.1;] [Y.2.24.295.] A deed, writing, written agreement शासनप्रधाना हि राजानः स्युः
[Kau.A.2.9.] Control of passions.
A written book of authority.
A (religious) doctrine.
A message. (At the end of comp. शासन often means 'punisher, destroyer, killer'; as in स्मरशासनः, पाक- शासनः). -Comp.
-अतिवृत्तिः f. f. violation of commands, disobedience.
-द्रूषक a. a. disobeying a command.
-धरः a messenger, envoy.
पत्रम् a plate (usually of copper) on which a grant of land &c. is inscribed.
a sheet of paper on which an order is written. -पराङ्मुखa. disobedient to an order.
-लङ्घनम् transgression of order.
-हरः a royal messenger.
-हारिन् m. m.
an envoy, a messenger; तमभ्यनन्दन प्रथमं प्रबोधितः प्रजेश्वरः शासनहारिणा हरेः
[R.3.68.] a conveyer of royal writs.