शास्ति

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *śáHsti, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ĉáHsti, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱéh₁s-ti, from *ḱeh₁s- (“to proclaim, point out, instruct”) +‎ *-ti (athematic present verb suffix). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬁𐬯𐬙𐬍‎‎ (sāstī‎), Albanian them (“I say”).

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɕɑ́ːs̪.t̪i/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɕɑːs̪.t̪i/

शास्ति • (śā́sti) (root शास्)

1. to teach, instruct, inform, direct
2. to rule, govern, administer the laws
3. to foretell, predict