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shastree

shastree is the archaic form of shastri.

Meaning of shastri

Noun

shastri (plural shastris)

  1. (India) Someone who teaches the shastras.
    • Sanskrit was for him the language of the shastris, who, despite their learning, were poor and dependent.2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 16

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Forms of shastree

pluralshastrees

Questions about shastree

What is shastree the archaic form of?
Shastree is the archaic form of shastri.

Words near shastree in the dictionary

  1. Shastrah
  2. Shastrahs
  3. Shastrakar
  4. Shastrakars
  5. shastras
  6. shastree
  7. shastrees
  8. shastri
  9. shastrik
  10. shastris
  11. shat

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