shastri

See also: Shastri

English

Etymology

From Hindi शास्त्री (śāstrī).

Noun

shastri (plural shastris)

1. (India) Someone who teaches the shastras.
   • 2015, Tridip Suhrud, translating Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, Sarasvatichandra I, Orient BlackSwan 2015, p. 16:

     Sanskrit was for him the language of the shastris, who, despite their learning, were poor and dependent.

Anagrams

• A-shirts, tsarish