not difficult; easy; facile.

(correctly, ಸುಸ್ಥಿರ) the condition of being firm, stable; stability.

= ಶಶಿ.

any instrument or weapon.

iron.

steel.

an order, command, precept, rule.

any manual or compendium of rules on religion, science, etc.

customary religious or social observance.

any of the branches of knowledge or study, whick is concerned with establishing and systematising facts, principles, and methods, as by experiments and hypotheses; science.

systematised knowledge derived from observation, study, and experimentation carried on in order to determine the nature or principles of what is being studied; science.

(fig.) a pretentious act or observance; hypocrisy.

ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ ಹೇಳಲಿಕ್ಕೆ, ಬದನೆಕಾಯಿ ತಿನ್ನಲಿಕ್ಕೆ śastra hēḷalikke, badanekāyi tinnalikke (prov.) talk like philosophers, live like fools; to be a hypocritic preacher, reformer; ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಕೇಳು śastra kēḷu to consult an astrologer about one's future; ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಮಾಡು śastra māḍu to observe the religious formalities; 2. (fig.) to do, observe, perform for the sake of it, without having interest or sincerity; ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಮುಟ್ಟು śastra muṭṭu to hold a scripture while making a statement, giving witness or taking an oath; ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಹೇಳು śastra hēḷu to tell, announce or indicate beforehand; to prophesy; to predict; to foretell.

(correctly, ಶಶಿಧರ) Śiva, who wears the crescent moon on his head.

being very much stable.

he who is permanent; a man who is free from death, decay, etc.

= ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಜ್ಞ.

a suffix to the names of the members of certain families.

Śiva, who wears the crescent moon on his head.

the famous hill in Andhra Pradesh in South India, on top of which is the sacred temple of Venkaṭēśa.

a cutting or stabbing instrument with a short, thin, sharp blade, single-edged or double-edged, set in a handle; a knife.

the science of planting and taking care of forests; systematic forest management for the production of timber, conservation, etc.; forestry.

the science of studying that truth which lies beyond the human miṇḍs comprehension; parapsychology.

the study of geography in relation to economics; economic geography.