शास्तृ

{ śāstṛ }

प्राचीन चरित्रकोश

शास्तृ n.  कश्यप एवं सुरभि के पुत्रों में से एक ।

A Sanskrit English Dictionary

शास्तृ  m.  m. a chastiser, punisher, [MBh.]; [Kāv.] &c.
   a ruler, commander, [TS.] &c. &c.
   a teacher, instructor, [Āpast.]; [MBh.]; [Hariv.] &c. (also applied to Punishment and to the Sword personified)
    N. of बुद्ध, [Rājat.] ( accord. to [L.] also ‘a जिन or the deified teacher of either of these sects’)
   a father, [MW.]

The Practical Sanskrit-English Dictionary

शास्तृ [śāstṛ]  m. m. [शास्-तृच् इडभावः]
   A teacher, an instructor.
   A ruler, king, sovereign.
   A father.
   A Buddha or Jina; or a deified teacher of the Bauddhas or Jainas.

Shabda-Sagara

शास्तृ  mfn.  ( -स्ता-स्त्री-स्तृ)
   1. A ruler, one who rules or governs.
   2. A teacher, teaching, instructing.
  m.  ( -स्ता) A Buddha or Jina, or the deified teacher of one or both those sects.
    E. शास् to govern, &c. aff. तृच्, and the augment omitted.

ROOTS:

शास् तृच्