Lexicographical Neighbors of Shastras
Literary usage of Shastras
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sub-Tropical Rambles in the Land of the Aphanapteryx: Personal Experiences by Nicolas Pike (1873)
"... of the shastras in Reference to these degrading Rites. IN the Tamil month of
Audi, corresponding in English with the month of August or September, ..."
2. Letters to Indian Youth on the Evidences of the Christian Religion: With a by John Murray Mitchell (1857)
"The dreadful practice of Sati, or burning widows, is also commended in various
shastras. Marriages are permitted without the intelligent consent of either ..."
3. India's Cries to British Humanity: Relative to Suttee, Infanticide, British by James Peggs (1830)
"Force forbidden by the shastras, yet frequently employed. A learned native, named
Ram Mohun Roy, well known by his luminous examination of the Hindoo ..."
4. The Real India by John David Rees (1908)
"CHAPTER XII SOCIAL REFORM Conservatism of Hindoos—Double Life of Reformers—Age
of Consent Act—Infant Marriage—shastras of Antiquarian Interest only— ..."
5. The Aitareya Brahmanam of the Rigveda: Containing the Earliest Speculations by Bombay (India : State). Educational Dept, Martin Haug (1863)
"They are put, at the morning libation, before the shastras, just as a weaver
weaves decorations in the beginning of a cloth. At the midday libation they are ..."
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