ศาสตราคม

Thai edit

Pronunciation edit

Orthographicศาสตราคม
ɕ ā s t r ā g m
Phonemic
สาด-ตฺรา-คม
s ā ɗ – t ̥ r ā – g m
RomanizationPaiboonsàat-dtraa-kom
Royal Institutesat-tra-khom
(standard) IPA(key)/saːt̚˨˩.traː˧.kʰom˧/(R)

Etymology 1 edit

From Sanskrit शास्त्रागम (śāstrāgama), from शास्त्र (śāstra, Śāstra; sacred treatise, religious treatise, work of scripture; etc) + आगम (āgama, Āgama; sacred treatise, religious treatise, work of scripture; etc); perhaps via Old Khmer sāstrāgama, *śāstrāgama, sāstrāgama (traditional or sacred knowledge as embodied in the Śāstra; the Śāstra collectively), from °śāstra, °sāstra (Śāstra; text, treatise, book, code, scripture; direction, instruction; rule, order, command; teaching, advice, explanation; branch of learning, science, knowledge; etc) + ʼāgama, ʼāgama, ʼāgaṃ (Āgama; traditional knowledge; sacred texts; etc); equivalent to Thai ศาสตร +‎ อาคม (aa-kom).

Noun edit

ศาสตราคม (sàat-dtraa-kom)

  1. (Hinduism) traditional or sacred knowledge as embodied in the Śāstra; the Śāstra collectively.
  2. (by extension) written holy tradition; sacred books; sacred knowledge; scriptures.
  3. (by extension) secret knowledge; occult knowledge; magic; black magic; witchery; sorcery.

Etymology 2 edit

From ศาสตรา (weapon) +‎ อาคม (aa-kom, Āgama; traditional knowledge; sacred texts; magic, black magic, spell, witchery, sorcery; etc).

Noun edit

ศาสตราคม (sàat-dtraa-kom)

  1. weaponry treatise; weapon-related magic.
Derived terms edit