[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879) › c5.1631 # A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1631 A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology and Religion, Geography, History, and Literature c5.1631 - **Language:** English ### [c5.1631](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1631) SĀSTRA. ‘A rule, book, treatise.’ Any book of divine or recognised authority, but more especially the law-books. - [Previous: c5.1630](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1630) - [Next: c5.1632](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1632) - [Up: c5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1631](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dowson-1879.c5.1631) · Pramāṇa