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SHASTER

Volume 3 · 59 words · 1771 Edition

or Shastram, a sacred book, containing the religion of the Banians: it consists of three tracts; the first of which contains their moral law; the second, the ceremonial; and the third delivers the peculiar observances for each tribe of Indians.

SHEAT of a plough, a part passing through the beam, and fastened to the share. See Agriculture, p. 54.