# शास्त्रार्थ (śāstrārtha)

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शास्त्रार्थ (śāstrārtha) is a Sanskrit word meaning a scriptural statement.

- **SLP1:** `SAstrArTa`  **IAST:** śāstrārtha  **Devanagari:** शास्त्रार्थ
- **Wikipedia:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shastrartha
- **Declensions:** 48 forms — https://sanskritlexicon.com/word/shastrartha/declensions.md

## Meanings by context

### Other (2 definitions)
- the purpose or meaning of a treatise, or a scriptural precept  
  *Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899)*
  > (H3) [Printed book page 1069,2] शास्त्रा (śāstrā) र्थ (rtha) m. the object or purport of a book, a precept of the Ś° or of any partic. Ś°, Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary, 1st edition with marginal notes (Title) [ ID=216448 ]
- a scriptural statement  
  *Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary*
  > शास्त्रार्थ (śāstrārtha) [Printed book page 717-03 ] शास्त्र - अर्थ (śāstra-artha) m. a scriptural statement. [ ID=37609 ]

## Sources

Definitions from Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899); Vaidya Sanskrit-English Dictionary.
Text from the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon, University of Cologne.

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